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fWenty-four percent of the fiscal 1995 budget for the Ohio University
Telecommunications Center came from federal funding.
photo Bili Bretzger
By Dwight Woodward
Ohio University Telecommunications Center
Director Joe Welling says public broadcasting
serves an educational role in American society that
will not be replicated by the growing plethora of
cable television stations.
"Public broadcasting is more important today
than it was 25 years ago," Welling says. "It's played
out its mandate for education and access, and its
range of services is much larger.
"Society has moved to an information- based
society as the basis of its economy, and public
television is a central player to ensure that ever^'one
— not just the rich — has access."
A central player with dwindling support, at least
among many conservative legislators in Washing-
ton. Public broadcasting began making its own
news in January soon after Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.)
was elected Speaker of die House and prompdy
annoimccd his intentions to "zero out" — i.e.
eventually eliminate — federal funding for public
broadcasting.
Calling public broadcasting "a little sandbox for
die rich" that the federal government shouldn't help
fund, Gingrich claimed commercial cable and
network broadcasts can replace the programming
offered by public broadcasdng.
Tliat pronouncement sent many of the nation's
34j public TV stations and 629 public radio stations
into a frenzy Stations began massive lener-wridng
campaigns in opposidon of Gingrich's plan.
Hundreds of thousands of letters from listeners and
viewers eventually poured into congressional
offices, and public support appeared to be with
public broadcasting. A USA Today/dbk News
Network/Gallup poll taken soon after Gingrich's
proposal was announced showed 76 percent
favoring continued federal support.
Gingnch's comments ignited a national debate
over the merits of federally fiinding public broad-
casting, one that took on clearer meaning in May
when a House-Senate conference committee agreed
to trim an original Sji.s million appropriation for
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to
S275 million for federal fiscal year [996, which starts
in October. The 1997 appropnation was cut from
S315 million to $260 million. Both houses of
Congress passed the rescissions bill, which Presi-
dent Clinton vetoed in early June.
Although Clinton supports public broadcasting,
he is likely to agree to the relatively modest cuts for
public broadcasting in 1996 and 1997 if they are
included in a revised rescissions bill that Congress
was likely to resubmit to the president. Welling
says.
CPfi was created by the I*ublic Broadcasting Aa
of 1967 as a pnvate, nonprofit corporation that
oversees the distribution of federal funds to public
stations nationwide.
Falling victim to deficit reduction
Bruce Cuthbertson, BSJ '73, has the unique
perspective of being a former public broadcaster
who now works for the congressman leading the
charge to cut federal subsidy of public radio and
TV. Cuthbertson, news direaor of Ohio
University's WOUB stations from [97J to 1982,
is now press secretary for U.S. Rep. John Kasich
(R-Westerville), who as chairman of the House
Budget Committee has proposed cutting all
fiinding for public broadcasting after fiscal year
1997. Cuthbertson says Kasich's proposal cuts
joo programs and agencies in an effort to end the
federal deficit by 2002 and balance die budget
for the first time since 1969-
Legislative
outcry
fuels
debate
on federal
funding
of stations
nationwide
"John is concerned that if we don't attack
the deficit now, we will see a slow erosion of the
American dream " Cuthbertson says. "It's not just,
'Arc we for or against public broadcasting?'
"John has felt diat the pendulum on who should
be responsible for the country's problems has
s\\aing too far to 'Washington must do everything.'
We think there should be more opportunity on the
local, state and individual level to take on some of
the responsibility.
"As a public broadcaster for nine years, I don't
think public broadcasting is being treated unfairly
The problem is, we start hearing 'Please save my
program.' If we did that for everyone, no one
would be cut."
But advocates say public broadcasting is more
than a program — it's an American insritution,
a healthy alternative to the commercialism of
corporate and profit-driven television and radio.
Public broadcasting reaches 99 percent of American
homes and, m any given month, about 80 percent
of Americans watch or listen to a public TV or
radio program, according to Welling. In compari-
son, cable television is wired to about 60 percent
of U.S. homes.
Welling saj-s the "private commercial media"
have demonstrated "they can't do the job of public
broadcasting." He says commercial broadcasting
offers no alternative to the 10 to 12 hours a day of
public TV programs that teach children learning
and social skills.
"The issue is: What group of human beings arc
going to manage the technology?" asks Welling,
who retires July 1 after jo years at OU "In the
commercial case, a few people are making program-
ming decisions to earn money for the corporations.
amniiue4 m Pi^ 1
amiinuedfrom Pofft i
With locally based public broadcasting, many
people arc making programming decisions for all
the people.
"Remember, we arc a collcaion of local
institutions, using the instrument of broadcasting
for learning."
In Ohio Universit)''s case, more than soo
students work at WOUB-'IV and radio and with
the universit)''s microwave -based telecommunica-
tions system in what Welling calls the largest
student work program of its kind in the country.
The microwave system allows facuJt)' on the
Athens campus to teach classes to snidenrs at
regional campuses and to students in area public
schools.
For veteran newsman John Chaifant, HSJ "68,
former news director of WOUB and a fixture at
The Associated Press since 1977, public broadcast-
ing plays a critical role in the broadcast world.
"My Friday night begins with McLaughlin and
ends with 'Wall Street Week,'" says Chaifant, who
covers the Ohio Stateliouse for the AP. "I can't
imagine the Civil War series being on commercial
television. I can't imagine commercials interrupt-
ing i^ There is such la flow and rhytjim to it.
"I think public bio.itka-.nnfz, is .is ^octd a thing
as any for the go\crnmem to spend its money on.
But this is not about money, it's about politics."
The role of government in
public broadcasting
Taking a much dificrent view on using tax
dollars to fund public broadcasting is Van Gordon
Sauter, BSJ 's7, LHD '8?|, who took over May 1 as
president and general manager of KVIE-TV, the
public station in Sacramento, Calif A 30-year
media veteran, Sauter has worked as president of
CBS News and CBS Sports, and most recently as
a consultant for Fox Television.
"I'm a libertarian and I'm probably the only
person in public broadcasting who believes there is
no role for the government in public broadcasting,"
Sautpr says. "I think the writing is on the wall.
'The country is moving in a dircaion that 1
don't think will be reversed in a while and toward
an abyss of financial catastrophe," says Sauter,
referring to the federal deficit and the growing cost
of programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.
With the accelerating technological develop-
ment of cable, wireless and Internet communica-
tion, Sauter says pubUc broadcasting must find a
local niche that can't be replaced by other media.
"How will public broadcastmg compete in an
environment when it's up against a group of
organizations who are trying to take away the
audience?" Sauter questions. 'They have to find a
way to establish a unique broadcast niche until
they are an imbedded pan of the community. In
many cases, we now just have retransmission
of national broadcasts. . . . There will be a lot
fewer PBS stations and there will be commercials
on PBS."
Whatever the outcome, the national debate
surrounding Gingrich's proposal has forced pubUc
broadcasters to rethink their fiinding strategics
as their future beyond 1997 remains in hmbo.
The proposal has acted as a wake-up call for
many public broadcast stations, forcing them
to scruonize their budgets, says Susan Westfall,
MS '92, general manager for WSVH-FM, Savan-
nah, Ga., and its repeater station, WWIO-FM.
in Brunswick, Ga.
"Ironically, it's making stations look at their
fiscal picture differently, which is very good,"
Westfall says. 'To some extent, public broadcasting
needs to upgrade its focus in the fiscal area and how
it operates as a business. We would lose about 25
percent of our budget, Si2s,ooo, if all CPB fijnding
was eliminated."
CPR makes up as much as 40 percent of the
budgets of some small, rural broadcasting stations
or as little as 4 percent at some stations in larger
cities, according to Icannie Bunton, press sccretar)'
for the CPB in V\'ashington.
"We are engaged in strategic planning, prepar-
ing for rhe cuts," Bunton says. "Twcnt)'-t\vo CPB
positions were eliminated recently, bringing us
down to 9? positions, By law, no more than 5
percent of the tax dollars can go to CPB.
"The remaining 95 percent goes back to the
more than 1,000 public radio and tclc\'ision
stations, It's one of the most successful public-
private pannerships. In 1993, a $253 million budget
generated more than $1.4. million in matching funds
— S5 in matching funds for every federal dollar."
In 1995, CPB provided S22.5 million of the Sioo
million Public Broadcasting System budget which
produces national programs such as "The MacNeil/
Lehrcr Newshour," "Wall Street Week" '*Sesame
Street," "N(n-a," "Masterpiece Theater" and other
programs which are distributed nationally for
broadcast on local public TV stations.
Six percent, or $17.1 million, was allocated to
system support for development, research, training
and station operations nationwide. The remaining
ftinds go directly back to local television and radio
stations — 75 percent to television, 2$ percent to
radio — for salaries, overhead, program acquisition
and other needs.
Welling and Ohio University's Telecommunica-
tions Center staff were awaiting the outcome of
federal budget talks before attempting to assess
their financial future. CPB allotted S862,ooo in
federal funds to the Telecommunications Center in
fiscal year 1995, about 24 percent of its budget
(see related chart}. The Ohio University general
fund provided 37 percent, Ohio Educational
Broadcasting provided 17 percent in state tax
dollars, individual and corporate contributions
accounted for 5 percent, and the remaining 17
percent came from miscellaneous re
such as tower rental and satellite uplink sen
With five transmitters in Southeastern Ohio,
WOUB-FM and its four sister stations cover
40,000 miles, the largest geographic area covered
by a public broadcast station in Ohio and one of
the largest public broadcast areas in the country.
KVIE-TV in Sacramento relies on CPB for only
10 percent of its tlinding. while other public TV
stations such as KWSU in Pullman, Wash., and
KTNW in Richland, Wash., will face financial
disaster if the 45 percent of their budget supplied
by CPB is cut, according to Jean Palmquist, MA
'90, director of radio for Northwest Public Radio.
The sbc-station network airs in parts of Idaho,
Oregon and Washington.
"Just like libraries need public funding so ever)'-
one can have books, public broadcasting needs
the money so citizens cati get the educational
programs," Palmquist says. "If they decide to zero
us out, it will kill a lot of rural public TV stations
and some rural radio stations. Unlike big-citv
stations, they just can't raise the mone)'. 1 liLrc
aren't millions of people or big corporations to
provide the fiinding base"
A CPB proposal to Congress in May called for
creating a trust fund as one way to replace federal
funding of public broadcasting. PBS President
Ervin Duggan estimated the trust ftmd must have
S; billion to $5 billion to generate enough income
to replace current federal fiinding. Contributions
from the trust fund would come from individuals
and corporations. Congress has created similar
trusts for the American Red Cross and the U.S.
Olympic Committee.
"The source of funding may change, but we are
still committed to universal access, education,
localism, and the non-commercial nature of public
broadcasting," says the CPB's Bunton.
•••
Dwight Woodward. BA '81. MAIA '89, M5J '89. is
national media liaison in the Office of University
News Services and Penodicals.
1995 DIRECT OPERATING REVENUE
for OU Telecommunications Center
10% New OU Programs
3% Misc.
5% Private
Ao/ Educational Technology
^ '" Services
170/ Ohio Educational —
" '° Broadcasting
JAO/ Corporation for
^^ '" Public Broadcasting
37% OU General Fund
Source: OU Telecom
graphic: IMTS, Sam Gir
commencement ^ps
It was a weekend of celebra-
tion, a time for throwing hats
high in the air and for huddling
with family and friends.
Ohio University's 241st
undergraduate commencement
June 10 also was a day for
records, with more than 2,700
new graduates and another
12,300 onlookers crowded into
the Convocation Center Both
the number of graduates and
the size of the crowd were
records. Last year, 2,600 under-
graduates attended
More than 570 master's.
Ph.D. and doctor of osteopathy
degree candidates participated
in the graduate commencement
ceremonies on June 9 in what
was Robert Glidden's first
graduation ceremony as presJden'
Inwtn Ungar, a professor in the
Department of Environmental
and Plant Biology and the 1 994
Outstanding Graduate Faculty
Award winner, served as keynote
Undergraduate keynote speaker Richard Riley,
U.S secretary of education, congratulated the
graduates and reminded them of others who deserved
"I urge you on this day of celebration to recognize
the deep pride and sense of accomplishment that your
parents and other family members and friends feel for
you," Riley said. "Tel! them that you are grateful for
their time and their support to help you reach this day.
Thank them for their time and for their strong arms,
"And, if you do call them up to thank them — on
this one occasion — don't call collect,"
Riley called on the new graduates to continue
working on community service projects such as Habitat
for Humanity and aiding the homeless, and to "help
bring America together" to "articulate a vision of
America — a moral center — that is positive and
A record 2,700 graduates and 12,300 onlookers attended the undergraduate ceremony.
"In this time of intense democracy, with the public
ainways full of so much anger, we need to respond with
positive options to the shrill voices of division, wedge
issues and cynicism . . Do not cede the ainways to
those who are only fearful and angry," he said
Riley said the Clinton Administration believes that
the national agenda should include access to higher
education, especially in this age of the information and
technology explosion.
"Unfortunately, there are some in Washington who
want to move in the other direction, " said Riley,
referring to the House budget committee's proposal to
abolish the U.S. Department of Education.
According to the Office of Institutional Research, an
estimated 4,100 undergraduates are expected to
receive bachelor's degrees in the 1994-95 academic
year that concludes spring quarter The previous record
of 3.980 bachelor's degrees was established in 1 97 1 -72
Total graduate degree recipients
are expeaed to include 1,100
master's students, 120 PhD s,
and 88 individuals earning doctor
of osteopathy degrees
During the advanced degree
commencement, Professor of
Telecommunications Josep Rota
was announced as the 1995
winner of the Outstanding
Graduate l^aculty Award from
Graduate Student Senate
Telecommunications Ph D
candidate Laura Lengel was
named winner of the Outstand-
ing Graduate Student Award,
U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley
addresses the Class of 1995.
photo: Lyntha
Internationally known contemporary artist Jenny Holzer, BFA
'72, accepts honorary doctoral degree from President Robert
Glidden at the advanced degree graduation.
Exuberant senior on his
final walk to the finish,
and alumni status.
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Pre-veterinary
medicine graduate
Cassie Barnes huge
her mom, Connie
Barnes, after the
June 10 graduation
across
the
college green
Karen Kunkler and Don Van Atta of Berne Union
High School perform a Spanish dance at the 14th
annual International Street Fair May 20 on Court
Street. More than 4,000 people attended the event
co-sponsored by campus and community groups.
Long-time deans of engineering,
fine arts colleges announce
they're stepping down
Long-time Russ College of Engineering and
Tcchnolog)' Dean T. Richard Robe and College
of Fine Arts Dean Dora Wilson both announced
this spring their intentions to step down from
their posts.
Robe, 6i, BSCE '55, MS '62, dean since 1980,
said he plans to retire in April 1996, take a year
off, then return to teach either full-time or part-time
in the ^ of 1997-
"Dean Robe has brought the college national
and international recognition both for the quality
of academic programs and for research. He will be
gready missed as dean of the college " said Provost
Daxnd Stewart.
During Robe's tenure as dean, the engineering
college increased its enrollment from 1,000 to
1,800 and increased outside funding of the college
from Si million to more than S? million annually.
Robe also oversaw expansion of Stockcr Center and
the increase in research centers from one to seven.
Wilson, fine arts dean for 11 years, will retire
Aug. ji and then take professional leave before
returning to teach on campus at a time that has not
been announced.
"I've had 11 good years as dean, and it is time
for a change," Wilson said. "I miss teaching, and
would enjoy going back to the classroom,"
James Stewart, associate dean of the college
and associate professor of music, will ser\'c as
interim dean beginning Sept. i. A national search
for Wilson's replacement will begin this fall.
Finalists for the engineering college dean's post
are expected to be intcr\'iewed this fall.
New associate provost for
technology appointed in May
Paul Gandel, senior dircaor of academic
computing at the University of North Texas in
Denton, has been named to the new position of
associate provost for information and instructional
technology at Ohio Univcrsit\'.
The position in the Provost's Office was created
on the recommendation of a Task Force on Technol-
ogy and Teaching that called for hiring a high-level
administrator to provide "leadership with all
technological services on all campuses."
Gandel will oversee the areas of Computing
Services and Communication Nem-ork Services,
which have a combined total of 100 employees and a
$9.6 million budget. He also will help coordinate
computer aspects of the Telecommunications Center
and Aldcn Library. He was expected to begin work
at OU later this summer.
The task force recommended that the new
associate provost develop a master plan for future
teclinological advances.
Gandel holds a Ph.D. in informational studies
from Syracuse Uni\'ersity. He also earned a
bachelor's degree in history and a master's in fine
arts from the State Universit)' of New York at
Buffalo, and an MA in library science from the
University of Wisconsin.
Campus crinne in six reporting
areas rose from 31 to 34 in 1994
Total reported crime on the Athens campus in
six FBI categories increased 9.7 percent in calendar
year 1994, according to figures released by the
Department of Campus Safety.
Campus Safet}''s annual report showed crime
in the six FBI reporting areas which campuses are
required by federal law to make public increased
from 31 in 1993 to 34 in 1994. The sl\ categories are
murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary
and motor vehicle theft.
The most dramatic jump came in aggravated
assaults, which increased from 4 to 13. Other
figures either remained the same or decreased.
Burglaries on campus decreased fi-om 23 to 18,
and motor vehicle thefts dropped from two to one.
There were rvvo robberies and no reported rapes for
the second consecutive year.
No crimes in the six reporting areas were re-
ported on Ohio University's five regional campuses.
The number of liquor law violations on campus
decreased by 24 percent in 1994, from 54 to 41,
and drug abuse violations increased by two, from
Restructuring committee targets
graduate activities, international
programs for eventual change
Ohio University's graduate school activities and
international programs should be targeted for
significant changes under an ad hoc Restructuring
Committee's recommendations on the campus'
academic administrative organization.
In its final report released this spring, the
committee concluded that no major change is
needed in the current configuration of colleges at the
university, but suggested graduate activities be
strengthened and that consideration be given to
creating a College of International Studies.
President Robert Ghdden had appointed the
14-member committee in November to examine
the university structure and recommend changes in
academic administration.
The committee also suggested that the fimaion
of the university's five regional campuses deserves
analysis, with a focus on how best to increase
interaction among faculties on the regional and main
campuses,
Northwestern official appointed
Bobcats' new athletic director
Thomas Boeh, associate direaor of athletics for
external affairs at Northwestern University, will
become Ohio University's new intercollegiate
athletics director starting July i.
"I've always had a special affinity and respect for
the Mid-American Conference and it is indeed an
honor to be part of Ohio Universiry, which I
believe is one of the finer institutions in the
Midwest and in the country" Boeh said during a
press conference at Pcdcn Stadium June 6. "You
have the ability to compete in athletics as well as in
academic programs at the very highest level."
University President Robert GUdden said Boeh
is "a person of high energy and lots of good exper-
ience to bring to this university in areas where we
need leadership." Glidden noted that Boeh comes
from a university with a similar emphasis on the
academic reputation of its student athletes.
Boeh, 36, has been associate direaor of athletics
at Northwestern since 1991. He was senior associate
direaor of athletics for administration and
development at the University of Maine, Orono,
from 1989-91, and associate direaor of athletics for
external affairs at Maine from 1988-89.
Glidden announced in February that long-time
Athletic Direaor Harold McElhane/s contraa
would not be renewed when it expires June 30.
Glidden said Boeh will have a three-year contaa
with a starting salary of $90,000.
Ohio University finds a new home on the internet
In what can often be a rather tangled World Wide
Web, Ohio University has put its best face forward this
year with a central home page location on the fastest-
growing part of the Internet, thanks to the combined
efforts of Communication Network Services (CNS) and
the University Relations Division
And from what began on a single personal computer
with 3 Unix platform last fall, the university's home-page
presence on the Internet has grown exponentially, storing
and delivering information for many universtty depart-
ments, and serving as a central base for locating various
remotely accessible computer resources across campus.
"It all began with (CNS Director) Tom Reid and
(graduate student) Rich Barrette last summer," said Hub
Burton, assistant vice president of university relations.
"They sensed an opportunity for an enhanced and much
improved presence on the Internet, and basically began
working on an improved version of the home page."
Last fall, a committee from University Relations and
CNS began to examine how the "electronic front door"
of Ohio University ought to look. Today, the resulting
home page — located at http.//www ohiou edu/ ~ has
attraaed a lot of attention.
The central computer containing the home page has
been upgraded and now supports in excess of 27,000
"hits" from remote computers daily, according to Mike
Snavely. CNS' wide-area network coordinator In April,
420,000 files were downloaded from the sender
dedicated to Ohio University's elearonic front door
"We have hits from every place from Argentina
to Taiwan," Snavely said "We also get a lot of
notes from alumni, who love to see pictures of
how Ohio University looks today "
One attractive aspect of the home page
design is its interactive quality from a campus map
and tour, to a locator of campus e-mail addresses
That's a focus for University Relations, which
wants to make more interactive information avail-
able for electronically inclined alumni.
A survey of 828 alumni this winter by University
Relations showed that 68 percent have computers
either at home or work, 40.2 percent have mo-
dems, and 24.9 have access to an on-line service
such as CompuSen/e or America Online.
"This summer, we are excited about the potential for
the Alumni Relations staff to be up and running on the
Internet with updates on chapter events and informa-
tion, and calendars on campus and sporting events,"
Burton said. "Ultimately, we would like to explore mak-
ing It even more interadive — possibly with newsgroups
and alumni e-mail resources "
r^lore OU departments are coming on-line every day,
and many already have created a dramatic on-line pres-
ence such as the Osteopathic Home Page and the Tech-
Tom Reid (left) and Hub Burton
nology Transfer Otf,>.c, whi^h p,uvides an on-line format
for patent research. Ohio University News Services and
Periodicals is on-line, with daily uploads of photos and
text searchable news releases.
Ohio University Today readers can now contact the
Office of Alumni Relations by e-mailing Direaor Rick
Harrison at HARRISON@OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU. or
the publication's editorial offices by e-mailing Editor Bill
Estep at BESTEP1@0HI0U,EDU.
Average salaries for Athens
faculty among best in the state
Ohio University reported the highest percentage
salary increase this year for faculty among ii state-
assisted institutions, and OLTs average facult)'
salary for all ranks rated third in the state.
The annual report of the American Association
of Universit)' Professors and the Universit)' of
Akron's Personnel Office showed that Ohio
University's 6.3 percent salary increase among
all facult)' ranks outdistanced Akron (4-9 percent),
and Miami University and Ohio State (4.6
percent). Ohio Universit)''s percentage salary'
increase included a 2 percent mid-year adjustment
made as a result of favorable rate projections for
health care benefits.
Ohio Universit)'^s average faculty salary of Ssj,j99
for all ranks rated third, behind only Ohio State and
the Universit)' of Cincinnati. Ohio Universit)' full
professors, averaging $66,632, moved up two spots
to third place in the state rankings. OU assistant
professors, averaging 541,191, also moved up two
slots to second place.
Ohio University faculty remained in second
place at the associate professor level, a\'eraging
$50,563 a year.
Ohio State led all categories, with its overall
faculty average standing at $57,332-
The survey covered salaries for tenure-track
faculty and did not include faculty working at
regional campuses. Central State and Shawnee
State did not participate in the study.
Trustees approve tuition,
room and board increases
based on state budget
The Board of Trustees approved in April a
three-scenario tuition increase plan — zero, 4 or 6
percent — depending on the level of state support
eventually set by the Ohio Legislature. The General
Assembly was not expected to approve a state
budget until late June.
President Robert Glidden told trustees that a
4 percent increase on the Athens campus appeared
most likely because it was based on Gov. George V
Voinovich's recommendations for higher education
instructional subsidy. Based on the same subsidy
assumptions, OU's five regional campuses would
be subject to a 3 percent tuition increase.
Glidden said about half of the funds realized
from a 4 percent tuition increase would be redistrib-
uted to students in the form of scholarships.
Assuming a 4 percent increase, undergraduate
tuition and fees for the 1995-96 academic year on
the Athens campus would increase from the
current $3,552 to $3,666.
Bobcat basketball player Gary Trent meets the press after announcing April 13 in the
Convocation Center that he will forgo his senior year of eligibility to enter the National
Basketball Association draft. T^ent a 6-foot-7-inch junior and three-time Mid American
Conference Player of the Year, became the second Bobcat and first junior to score 2,000
points and grab 1,000 rebounds In a career. The NBA draft was scheduled for June 28.
Glidden said Ohio University this year is fifth
in tuition and fee charges of the 13 state-assisted
universities, and he anticipates it "may drop to
eighth or ninth" in tuition and fee charges next
year, assuming most other four-year schools raise
tuition to the 6 percent state cap.
Trustees also approved a 4 percent increase for
room and board rates. Residence halls and dining
are self-supporting accounts. Under the plan, rates
for a standard double room will increase from
S2,oi3 to $2,394 for the next academic year. The
most common meal plan, the 14-meal flexible plan,
will increase from $1,950 to $2,028.
Trustees approved a faculty and staff compensa-
tion pool increase of 4 percent for the I99S-96 fiscal
year. Another i percent will be reserved primarily
for salary equity adjustments within budget units.
Alumni gift helps launch second
phase of Kennedy Museum as
construction continues at Ridges
A $150,000 gift from Foster '34, HON '92, and
Martha Harmon will fund construction of a Kennedy
Museum of American Art library' and research
center at The Ridges, the 692-acre traa of land
located adjacent to the campus.
Museum Director Charles Shcpard said the
center, to be located in renovated space direcdy
behind the museum, will be used by an students,
visiting scholars and curators studying the museum's
collections. The center is expected to open with the
museum in 1996.
Foster Harmon, now retired, was the owner of art
galleries in Florida and is a member of the Kennedy
Museum board of direaors.
Construction on the museum in Lin Hall, the
former centra) administration building for the Athens
Mental Health Center, began last October. Phase I
of the museum is scheduled to open to the public
in the fall of 1996. Phase I will feature nine galleries
and museum offices and work spaces on the first
two floors of the 1868 Victorian red brick, building.
Shepard and Sally Delgado, assistant to the
direaor, have maintained the museum's Gallery
on Wheels program, which takes poraons of the
museum's permanent collection on the road to
Southern Ohio schools. More than 6,000 school-
children have seen and discussed the art through
that program since it began in January' 1994.
The museum also started the Museums By Mail
program, where donared onginal works are com-
bined with educadonal materials to be used as lesson
plans. Museum staff mails the kits to schools that
request them, who then pass the kits on to other
schools. As of June, at least 5.000 children had viewed
one or more of six available packages.
Around campus
HThe Computer Sci-
ence Department in the
College of Arts and Sci-
ences — including most
of the faculty, staff and
the Russ College of Engi-
neering and Technology
to merge with the De-
partment of Electrical
and Computer Engineer-
ing at the start of the
1995-96 academic year
in September Faculty
from both departments
voted in favor of the
merger.
B Trustee Professor
of English Sam Crowl
and Associate Professor
of Curnculum and In-
struction Joan McMath
received their second
University Professor
awards. Other winners
were Katherine Jellison,
assistant professor of
history; Lois Vines,
distinguished teaching
professor in the Ping
Center for the Teaching
of the Humanities and
professor of French, Joan
Safran. assistant profes-
sor of curriculum and in-
struction; and Dennis
Dalen, associate profes-
sor of theater,
■ Distinguished Pro-
fessor of History John
Lewis Gaddis has been
appointed as one of 31
fellows by the Woodrow
Wilson International Cen-
ter for Scholars for the
1995-96 academic year
Gaddis also was elected
as a fellow of the Ameri-
can Academy of Arts and
Sciences.
■ Salinda Arthur, MS
■93, former development
director for the Easter
Seal Society of the River
Cities in Marietta, has
joined Ohio University's
Development Office as
assistant dean for college
programs. She is respon-
sible for donor solicitation
for Ohio University Librar-
ies, University College and
Honors Tutorial College
■ Three faculty re-
ceived Fulbnght Awards
for research and teaching
posts abroad during the
1995-96 academic year
Mathematics Professor
Surender Jam will study a
special branch of algebra
at the University of Delhi
and Indian Statistical Insti-
tute of Delhi, Associate
Professor of Telecommu-
nications Jenny Nelson
will study Western infiu-
' ence on Moroccan cul-
ture, and teach at Hassan
II University in Casa-
blanca and the Institute
Supeneur du Journal-
isme, and Assistant Pro-
fessor of Anthropology
Emanuel Polioudakis will
study the impact of
shrimp farming on
Southern Thailand.
■ The School of Ac-
countancy is one of only
1 12 schools nationwide
to receive accreditation
from the American As-
sembly of Collegiate
Schools of Business
■ OU's Softball team
finished 39-22 and won
the Mid-Amencan Con-
ference title before being
eliminated in the first
round of the NCAA Tour-
nament Tracy Bunge was
honored as MAC Coach
of the Year
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Volume 18, Number 3, Summer 1995
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Avionics navigation
program developed
at OU takes off
with FAA support
By Jeff Thomas
Less than three years ago, avionics experts at
Ohio Universit)' began working on what might
have seemed a most academic question: Could a
satellite system built by the U.S. Department of
Defense provide the navigational accuracy to
automatically land planes?
Today, die system developed by those experts
at the Avionics Engineering Center appears to be
the odds-on choice for the future of aircraft
navigation across the globe. And what once was a
doctoral thesis for Research Scientist Dave Diggle
is a working prototype the Federal Anation Admin-
istration (FAA) is selling to the rest of the world.
"I came here in the fall of 1990, and I didn't
know what the Global Positioning System (GPS)
was," said Diggle, a former Air Force colonel
assigned to the Pentagon. "I really feel like I fell
into the candy store."
The end result is a navigation system the FAA
believes will allow for more efficient routing and
operation in key airports in all t)'pes of weather as
an alternative to current Instrument Landing
Systems. Ohio Universit\''s .system potentially could
allow more runways to be used in times of poor
visibilit)', and could save time and money through
more direct routing of commercial aircraft.
But in the fall of 1992, it was just Diggle and
Electrical Engineering Professor Frank van Graas
who rook a small Piper Saratoga to the FAA's
Tcclinical Center in Adantic Cit)' for a few auto-
mated landings. In the early days of GPS, the
Department of Defense had not yet encrypted the
coding from satellites, which allow GPS ground
receivers to locate themselves on Eardi.
Even so, van Graas already had developed a
two-fold system to increase the accuracy of GPS
location.
A ground receiver at a precise, surveyed position
at the airport allows the first system — known as
diflerential GPS — to correct the identified
location of the satellites. Those corrections are
continually fed to another system aboard the
aircraft,
Tlie onboard system rccci\'cs data from the
ground receiver and at least six of the 24 geosta-
tionary' GPS satellites that circle the Earth, and then
determines the exact location and path of the plane.
In essence, the two systems work together to
produce an extremely large, diough finite, set of
solutions, and then eventually reach a final
solution.
When used with the same satellite transmission
code available to the U.S. militar)', the accuracy of
die system — below 10 centimeters — was nearly
flawless.
Today, the military' transmission coding is
encr\'pted, and the civilian codes available for use
are distorted, producing inaccuracies of several
hundred feet. But with further refinement, van
Graas' system passed the most strmgent require-
ments for automatically landing a plane when there
IS no visibility-
"Acnially, our system outperformed the accuracy
requirements by a vei^' large margin, when we look
at the performance of the aircraft" van Graas said.
The most stringent requirements for automated
landings in zero visibilit)- require the plane to hit
the runway within a S4-by-i,soo-foot box. In more
than loo automated landing tests conduacd bv the
FAA, Ohio University's system landed a Boeing 757
Two-fold GPS System lands planes
1^
graphic: IMTS, Sam Girton
jwn coordinates near the runw/ay, and it
ontmually feeds this information to the
e surveyed for their exact location in re-
unway chosen.
A. - ^ A ground-based receiver is located at ^
corrects the identified location of the satellites anc
onboard computer system. Runways at the airport
spect to the ground receiver, allowing the system t
B. With the corrected location of at least six GPS satellites, the onboard systen-
continually monitor its change in location with regard to all six satellites. As the plane m'
the difference in changing distance between itself and each satellite is measured. Triangi
between satellites produces a large, though finite, number of possible solutions for the e
location of the plane — which can be whittled down statistically until all possible solutio
within submeter accuracy.
within ij feet of the runway centerline and within
200 feet of the same point, lengthwise, on the
runwa)'.
FAA officials at the initial tests last fall were
impressed at not only the accuracy in 100 auto-
mated landings, but the simplicity of the electron-
ics. The onboard system is only about the size of a
stereo cabinet.
"Not only did the system perform perfectly,
but I can't believe these guys could come down
and have it running in one day," said Robert Till,
director of the FAA's satellite systems. "This is an
extremely robust system."
The adaptability of the system would prove to
be one of its greatest assets, as the FAA worked to
convince the rest of the world that GPS was indeed
the future of navigating the ainvays.
The International Civil Aviation Organization
{ICAO) had a mandate to equip international
airports that support hazardous weather landings
with land-based microwave systems, European
nations were particularly eager to move toward
microwave technology because the radio transmis-
sions that pro\'ide the current Instrument Landing
System (ILS) were becoming more degraded
through a proliferation of commercial FM broad-
casts. ILS now is used in low to zero visibility.
"The FAA really did make a fairly high-level
decision that they were going to go with GPS, and
the rest is history" said Robert Litley, director of the
Avionics Center in the Russ College of Engineering
and Tcchnolog)'. "I think the real stor>' here is that
fact: A lot of ti
r gov<
its lack of resolve, but in this case the FAA really
seemed to have a full-court press for moving to
GPS."
In anticipation of a meeting of ICAO's technical
committee in Montreal in March, the FAA put
Ohio University's GPS system through another
series of tests to show that the system could be
brought on line quickly. In Fcbruar)', a hybrid
system was flown that used GPS alignment of the
aircraft together with the ILS radio-beam to
establish the vertical glide-path for landing.
The glide-path radio beam will see less degrada-
tion under the scheduled 1998 deregulation of FM
broadcasting in Europe, and the FAA theorized
using both systems might provide a window of
opportunit\' to fijrther develop a total GPS
navigation system. The theory worked — demon-
s by Ohio Universit)' at the Montreal
ng led the ICAO's technical committee to
nd dropping the mandate for microwave
"This hybrid system could be put in place while
the FAA puts a new GPS-based automated landing
system through the extensive testing required of
technology that ensures the safety of so many lives,"
Lilley said!
While acknowledging it was a whirlwind affair
— especially for working with federal regulators —
Lilley noted the success of his center is more
defined by its objectivity in evaluating systems, and
not an all-out endorsement of GPS. While the
center will be the FAA's focus on developing a total
GPS navigation system during the next five years, it
continues to evaluate and refine both the ILS and
Microwave Landing System (MLS).
"We've worked with MLS all these years, and
realized that its time had come and gone," said
Lilley, noting a number of international airports
already use the technology. "And I would be against
relying on one single system.
"GPS can give you the accuracy, but if condi-
tions occur where it cannot provide that accuracy,
the system needs to tell you so — there's lots and
lots of engineering parameters that need to be tied
down and proven if GPS is going to change a very
complicated and safety-critical system."
Jeff Thomas is science writer for University News
Services and Periodicals.
Unique journalism
program sends interns
around the world
By Emily Caldwell
The E.W. Scripps School of Journalism has been
telling employers in its John R. Wilhelm Foreign
Correspondence Internship Program the same
thing for 25 years: give those Ohio University
interns plenty of work to do.
The scholarship-funded foreign internships are
some of the most widely known international
journalism training opporrunities going. And on
its silver anniversary, efforts are afoot to expand the
Foreign Correspondence Internship Program into
regions of the world as yet unseen by Ohio Univer-
sity journalism students.
The countries and events the interns have seen
thus far are impressive. OU interns have been in
on worldwide coverage of such events as the 1985
Mexico City earthquake, the Achilie Lauro hijack-
ing in 1985, die Philippme uprising m 1986 that
brought Corazon Aquino to power, and Middle
East peace negotiations. And those who have
stayed on in foreign posts have covered such recent
events as the Kobe earthquake in Japan and the
May elections in France.
The stories from past interns are as varied as
the countnes and cultures they covered. Mike
Woolson, MS '92, served a year in Taipei, Taiwan,
as the design expert for the English- language
China Post. Wliilc there between October 1992
and 1993, he also covered Taiwan ^or Asm magazine.
"I was cxtraordmarily lucky," says Woolson, now
a multimedia animator for HyperMedia Group
near San Francisco. He also had talent. He created
a weekly comic strip for the China Post about being
an American in Taiwan, and the strip still runs more
than a year after his departure,
Don Horn, BSJ 'S8, also was luck)', but in a
different sort of way. He interned with The Associ-
ated Press in Jerusalem in the fall of 1988, months
after the Palesnnian uprising — the Intifada —
really heated up. Horn recalls a car ride to the
West Bank with a setder who was letting him stay
with her family to document the lifest^'lc of Jewish
sctdcrs living in occupied territories.
"Wc crossed over to the West Bank and she put
a pistol in her lap and said, 'You better unbuckle
your scat belt.' When I asked why, she said, 'If
someone throws a Molotov cocktail into the car,
you'll want to get out,"' says Horn, now a staff
writer for the Cincinnati Post.
Despite covering some of the most violent times
in recent Israeli history, Horn says, "I never felt like
my life was threatened, or diat I was in a war zone."
In fact, OU foreign correspondence interns have
worked in Jerusalem without incident ever)' year
since 1971 on a scholarship flinded by William R.,
BSJ '41, and Shirley Fleischer. Many of those
interns have developed distinguished careers,
working with The Wall Street Journal, the Com-
modit)' Futures Trading Commission, Cable News
Network and Associated Press, to name a few.
Though the Wilhelm internship program docs
boast some well-traveled correspondents — among
diem Raphael Pura, MS '?$, MA '75, of the Wall
Street Journal Malaysian bureau; Bill Branigin, BSJ
'74, who covers Asia for The Washington Post ; and
Deb Traynor, BSJ '90, with CNN in Tok>'0 -
interns return to the United States. Most, but not
all, also stick with journalism jobs.
"I would love it if a substantial number of them
indeed became foreign correspondents," says Ralph
Izard, dircaor of the School of Journalism. "For
those who don't, I think they are better journalists
domesdcally They have a broader perspeaive."
That's really the point of the program, according
to Anne Cooper-Chen, associate professor of
journalism, director of the school's Center for
Internadonal Journalism and coordinator of the
program since Wilhelm's retirement in 1989.
CflRflURGHUU V
Todd Richissin at AP Bureau in
Jerusalem in 1987.
"He wanted to raise the IQ — internadonal
quotient — of Amencan college students and give
them, as journalists, an internadonal perspective,"
Cooper-Chen says of Wilhelm, who founded the
program in 1970 two years after his arrival at OU
to serve as journalism school director and later as
founding dean of the College of Communication.
Wilhelm was a World War II correspondent for
Reuters news agency and the Chicago Sun, and was
a postwar correspondent for McGraw-Hill publica-
dons, which later hosted sevetal OU interns as part
of the foreign correspondence program. Wilhelm
died June 6, t994, on the 50th anniversar)' of D-
Day, which he covered for Reuters.
So far, ij6 Ohio Uni\'ersit>- interns have worked
m 18 countries plus Hong Kong under the pro-
gram. This year's crop of seven interns, most of
whom will work in the fall, will add Fiji and
Argentina to the list of host countries.
Cooper-Chen and Izard would like to see even
more global opportunities for the interns as the
program moves toward its joth year. Ohio Univer
sit)' is the only school in the country to offer an
ongoing, endowed foreign journalism internship
program, Izard says.
"We need to get new funding. This used to be
European- oriented, but we want to broaden it so
students go to other parts of the world, because
that's where foreign correspondents are," Cooper-
Chen says. "We need to expand into Latin America,
Arab nations and Asia, but it's so expensive."
The internship program certainly has helped get
the word out about Ohio University's journalism
program. The Associated Press bureau in Paris
recentiy took on OU interns for the first time; now
that journalists there have seen the benefits of
seasoned interns, they're looking to maintain
unpaid internships year-round, both from Ohio
University and whoever else can do the job.
Al^ Pans Correspondent Elaine Ganley, MSJ '75,
might have a little something to do with that plan.
Ganley, who has been with the AP Paris bureau
since 1984, interned with McGraw-Hill publica-
tions in Paris under the Wilhelm program in 1974.
Twenty years later, slie's helping supervise a new
generation of foreign correspondence interns
coming out of OU.
"It was the OU program which inspired us to
tr>' to strengthen our ranks of interns," Ganley says.
Interns help correspondents working on break-
ing stories, cover press conferences, make phone
calls and write briefs. They also are given rime to
come up with their own ideas and work on feature
stories.
"I think it's an excellent program. It certainly
was 20 years ago when I did it," Ganley says. "I
learned some basic lessons that are still with me and
still apply today. Journalism is all too often taught
in a classroom, which can be great, but you need to
get your feet wet in the real world, too."
A successful internship with AP in Jerusalem
helped convince the agency to hire Todd Richissin,
BSJ '87, for a permanent domestic position follow-
ing his foreign correspondence internship. Coming
out of Jerusalem with a recommendation from
Bureau Chief Nick Tatro led Richissin straight into
jobs with AP bureaus in Washington state and
Newark, N.J., no usual two years of experience
required.
Later, Richissin's foreign experience landed him
in Saudi Arabia to interview U.S. troops before the
Persian Gulf War began. "The assignment to go to
Saudi Arabia was based pardy on the i2Ct I'd been
over before," says Richissin, now state reporter for
the News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C.
The same was true for Alan Miller, BSJ '82, who
has completed three overseas assignments for the
Columbus Dispatch based largely on his German
language skills and the fact he served a foreign
correspondence internship with McGraw-Hill
publications in Bonn, Germany, in 1982. Most
rccendv. Miller covered the 50th anniversar)' of the
bombing of Dresden . Columbus is developing a
growing sister-citv relationship with Dresden.
"Most of us back then saw it as a novel, oncc-in-
a-lifetime experience," M iller says. "Most of us
ended up at dailv newspapers in the United States,
and most daily newspapers don't send people
overseas. But mine does. And my having learned
German and having the experience of the intern-
ship has put me m a really good position to be the
one they send overseas when the opportunity
comes up."
Though few interns actually become full-time
foreign correspondents, many have distinguished
themselves by something they covered dunng their
internships or in their careers since then.
"Many of them are journalists who are a litde bit
special," Cooper-Chen says.
Emily Caldwell, BSJ '88. is assistant editor/writer
for University News Sen/ices and Penodicals. She
sen/ed a foreign correspondence internship with
Associated Press in Rome in the fall of 1988
Alan Miller at the Berlin Wall, back
when there were still two Germanys.
New plan calls for achieving
gender equity in athletics
By Bill Eslep
Pcgg)' Pnun remembers the days when women
athletic administrators also coached t^vo sports;
when female athletes were members of the Physical
Education Department and received zero financial
support; when collegiate women basketball teams
didn't have uniforms or any players on scholar-
ships, and played games in empty arenas.
"Back in the mid-1970s, wc were so limited
with scholarships that in order to get the most out
of your scholarship dollars, you'd look at your
female applicants and focus on those who played
more than one sport," says Pruitt, Ohio University's
senior associate athletic direaor. "High caliber
athletes in two sports got preferential treatment
over those that excelled in just one sport. Several
females competed in three sports.
"There was little recruiting and few funds. It
wasn't a matter that coaches had a recruiting
budget where they could just go out and watch a
high school game like they can today."
No one has to remind Pruitt about how far
women's athletics has come since the early days of
Title IX and before, She has lived the experience,
first as a graduate assistant basketball coach at the
Uiiivcrsii\' of Kentucky in 1969, then as coordinator
of Ohio University- women's athletics and tennis
and field hockey coach in die mid- to late 1970s,
and now as a driving force behind OU's push to
comply with Tide IX regulations, an effort that has
swept the nation.
Tide IX of the 1972 Education Amendment says
no school receiving federal funding can discrimi-
nate on the basis of gender, a ruling chat has led
numerous women athletes to file lawsuits against
campuses claiming bias and lack of opportunit)'.
"Ohio University' was one of the first institu-
tions in the countr)' to give women adilctes
scholarships (in the mid-1970s) aiid one of the
first to combine (men's and women's) programs,"
Pruin says. "Then, other schools began catching
up with us."
University President Robert Glidden approved
a major operational plan in April for achieving
gender equity in athletics by die year 2000. The
proposal, developed by the Office of Afilrniati\e
Action and Department of Intercollegiate Athletics,
calls for adding varsir*' competition in three
women's sports — golf, soccer and tennis — and
increasing fund-raising and marketing support of
women's athletics by the end of the 1997-V8
academic year.
Aldiough submitted as a thrcc-ycar plan, both
Glidden and Pruitt agree that it may take four years
to implement all the recommendations, given how
late they were finalized this academic year. Pruitt
expcas a specific timetable for action to be formed
by diis fall.
The Affirmative Action/Intcrcollegiatc Athletics
proposal was based on a report prepared last
summer by a seven-person campus committee
which anal)7^d Tide IX compliance on die Adiens
campus. That committee found that OU women's
teams lagged far behind men in participation
levels, promotional efforts, coaches' contracts, and
travel costs.
The Affirmative Action/Intercollegiate Athletics
plan calls for implementing recommendations
bcuveen this fall and the end of the 1997-98
academic year that will likely cost the universit)'
Si. J million — $676,800 in ongoing expenses and
S6s2,Qoo in one-time costs. Campus officials
currendy arc identifying funding sources to carry
out the recommendations.
'Tlicre always will be the skeptics who will say,
'WeVe heard all this before,' but I have the utmost
confidence that this proposal will be carried out,"
says Pruitt, co-chair of tlie campus' Tide IX Review
Committee. "I'm confident it will immediately
cffea some action."
"Ohio Universit)' is committed to equity in
its athletic programs and we will be working to
develop a program that will in the fijturc, to the
best of our ability, give our women smdent athletes
the same opportunities and attention that we give
the men," says Glidden. "It is my hope and
expectation that we can boost our women's
programs so that we can achieve equity without
detracting from the men's programs."
photo: Bill Bretzger
Peggy Pruitt, senior associate athletic
director at Ohio University
Ohio University does not plan to eliminate any
men's sports to reach gender equity. Says Pruitt:
"Other schools have cut more than one men's sport
(to comply with Tide IX)," including UCLA, which
abolished its nationally ranked men's g)'mnastics
program to increase women's participation levels.
Tide IX advocates say participadon and funding
levels for men's athletics still far outdistance those
for women. USA Today recendy quoted Women's
Sports Foundation President Wendy HiUiard as
saying, "Women are snil receiving only 35 percent
of all college athletic participating opportunities."
In I990-9I - the most recent year complete NCAA
statistics were available — Division I schools
offered an average of 95.7 scholarships to men,
compared to 42. j women scholarships.
The addition of the women's golf, soccer and
tennis teams over the three-year period will bring
the total number of varsity sports at Ohio Univer-
sity to 20 — 11 for women and nine for men.
According to the Office of Affirmative Action, 232
women will likely participate on those teams by the
end of 1997-98, compared with 242 men. The men's
number includes 95 participants in football. In
1992-93, 138 females and 289 males participated in
17 sports.
The Affirmative Acdon/Intercollegiate Athletics
plan also calls for increasing women's athletic
scholarships by nine next year — five in track
and two each in swimming and field hockey —
and increasing scholarship money for out-of-state
women recruits. By 1997-98, OU women's teams
will carri' 93 athletic scholarships vs. 127 for men,
according to Pruitt. In 1992-93, women accounted
for 70 — or 35.5 percent — of scholarships,
compared with 127 for men's teams. Women make
up 52 percent of the Athens campus' fijU-timc
enrollment.
The total cost of adding three new women's
teams at Ohio Universit)' will be $488,310 in
annual operating budgets, scholarships and
coaches' salaries. Coaches for the golf team and
either soccer or tennis — depending on which of
two funding options is chosen — arc cxpeaed to
be hired next academic year and begin competing
at the \'arsit)' level in 1996-97. The third team's
coach will be hired in 1996-97 and begin competing
in 1997-98.
The recommendations also call for adding an
associate athletic director of external affairs to
coordinate increased fund-raising and marketing
of women's athletics, and for investing up to
$552,000 in improvements and additions to
women's locker room and stadium facilities by
1998. Plans call for building a women's soccer
facility and studying the feasibility of construaing
a new women's Softball stadium.
With a sec of recommcndadons and a specific
plan in place. Affirmative Action Director William
y. Smith says Ohio University has established
complying with Title IX in athletics as a "priority."
"A lot of significant adjustments have been made
o\'er the last 10 years (in women's coaches' salaries,
scholarships and budget)," Smith says. "The pro-
blem is those adjustments were only part of the
solution. Now it's time to move along to the final
Bill Estep Is editor of Ohio University Today,
photo: Bill Bretzger
The Bobcats women's basketball team
huddles before a second-half tipoff.
aiumn
Ohio
University
Alumni
Association
special section
summer 1995
All roads lead to Ainens
for dedicated alumni
Freshman Lindsay Martin hug= her brother, Colin, 12, before he boards
his bus to Cincinnati at the conclusion of the annual Siblings Weekend
on campus in late January. Alumni chapters sponsor the bus trips in
cooperation with the Alumni Association.
ByBillEstep
After conversing with directors at other universi-
ties about alumni support, Rick Harrison normally
walks away with a wide grin on his face.
"I come away feeling very good about Ohio
University's position in aiumni loyalty and support,"
says Harrison. BSJ '82, OU's director of alumni
relations "We're not struggling in areas that some
alumni groups are People lead very busy lives today,
and are very protective of the time they spend with
their families and )obs A lot of campuses are finding
that alumni concerns are falling further down on their
list of priorities.
"But over the Ping years, Ohio University really
positioned itself well with alumni. Now. we have
alumni calling us wanting to know what they can do
and how they can help Alumni are very enthusiastic
about Ohio University which speaks highly of the
experience they had here as students."
Ohio University's 66 alumni chapters — 56 in the
United States and 10 in foreign countries — and nine
college and school constituent society groups form a
strong network that supports the university and its
students through scholarship fund raisers, |ob
networking efforts, student receptions, and numerous
other social activities.
Then throw in an active 22-member National
Alumni Board (see Page 3), an on-campus Alumni
Advisory Council and individual alums who spend as
much as one to two days a week on OU business,
and you have an unusually high level of service to
alma mater, says Harrison.
"Alumni are very interested in the welfare of this
institution They try to give back, and they've done so
in many different ways," he says
One of the most worthwhile ways is through
scholarship support. The Central Ohio. Nation's
Capital and Greater Cleveland Black chapters are
among the latest who have endowed scholarships,
but none has been doing it longer than the OU
Women's Club of Greater Cleveland. The 200-
member club serving a three-county area was formed
in 1939 with the intent of helping defray college
costs for Cleveland women attending OU
Since then, more than 1 50 women have benefited
from the Women's Club's support through tuition aid,
says Carol Baucher. AB '54, a 36-year club member
and former chapter president In the 1995-96
academic year, four freshmen will split $ 1 0,000
Also this fall. 1 1 recipients of that freshman award
who have maintained a 3 4 grade point average at
OU will divide $4,620 — $420 apiece — lor ongoing
tuition expenses as part of the Ruth Fowler Brown
Upperclass Endowed Fund. The club established the
scholarship fund in 1974 in honor of Fowler Brown
'32, the club's founder Interest paid on an endow-
ment pushing $50,000 funds the scholarships.
The OU Women's Club uses the Siblings Weekend
bus excursion to Athens each winter as the fund
raiser which supports the scholarships This year, the
club made a record $10,000 on the proiect, Baucher
says About 600 siblings of OU students pay to ride
12 to 15 Women's Club-sponsored buses each year to
campus for the weekend of events.
A few years ago. the club purchased new Mid-
American Conference flags for the Marching 1 10 to
wave at football games, and it once purchased a
typewriter for the Alumni Relations office in Konneker
Alumni Center
"I think I can speak for pretty near everyone in our
club when I say that we've had a love of that univer-
sity," says Baucher, one of nine family members with
OU degrees "It gave us a marvelous four years of
education and instilled a tradition in us There's a
feeling that we should give back some of that love
and stay active. It's been a very rewarding experi-
L Dale Springer, BSEE '49, says much the same
thing A former Greater Dayton Chapter president
and this year's Alumnus of the Year (see Page 4).
Spnngerand his wife. Harnette, HON '85. have
funded a scholarship for engineering students.
created the Dayton Area Telefund that this year raised
$12,600 for scholarships, and coordinated and
chaperoned Sibs Weekend bus trips since 1 976
The OU Mother's Club of Greater Cleveland was
the first alumni group to charier a bus to Siblings
Weekend in the early 1960s. Since then, the event
has spread to most parts of Ohio and even Western
Pennsylvania, where the Greater Pittsburgh Chapter
sponsored its seventh bus journey in 1995
At this year's event in late January. 25 buses
carrying a record 1 ,250 OU siblings visited campus —
including three buses and 120 sibs sponsored by the
Greater Dayton Chapter Bus transportation is
sponsored by alumni chapters in cooperation with the
Alumni Association Visiting sibs range in age from
first grade to high school
"It's a good student recruiting tool." Springer says
"Once the sibs come down for a weekend, they're
hooked It's a good program also because it inspires
our alumni chaperones They get a chance to talk
with not only the kids but also the parents It gives
everyone a warm, fuzzy feeling"
Several alumni events and outreach projects that
directly impact university students are sponsored each
year by constituent society groups. Seven of Ohio
University's nine colleges, the School of Music and the
Sports Administration/Facility Management Program
all have societies of alumni and friends that regularly
meet and coordinate events throughout the year
Along with several chapters — the Greater
Cleveland Chapter's second annual Career Networking
Night attracted 200 students and 40 employers
in November — most constituent societies sponsor
networking events aimed at aiding student )ob
searchers and alums out of work or changing careers
But the College of Communication has gone a step
further. In its second year, the college's Mentor
Program this year matched 74 undergraduates with
alumni in jobs from Seattle to New York and Los
Angeles to Southern Florida Participating alumni
are asked to help students critique resumes and
broadcast tapes, evaluate job prospects in their field
and region, and connect with other professionals
Students and alumni normally meet for lunch at least
once and talk on the phone several times.
Although he isn't aware of any contacts which
have resulted in )obs this year, nearly 80 percent of the
participants in the program made regular contact, says
)im Piatt, assistant dean in the College of Communica-
tion and coordinator of the program
Alumni have taken active roles in two major events
for students on the Athens campus each year —
Communication Week and Business Week Sixty-five
alumni returned to Athens in late April to lecture and
participate in panel discussions and workshops
at the 27th annual Communication Week, and 70
alumni participated in the College of Business' first
week-long event last fall.
The School of Music Society of Alumni and Friends
presents year-end awards and an endowed scholarship
each year, in addition to being involved with a unique
student event. In a project called "Operation Warm
Fuzzies," students admitted by Ohio University and
declaring music as their major receive a letter or phone
call from society board members encouraging them to
select OU. This year, 80 prospective students were
contacted
"(The Office of) Admissions gives us the names and
then the board members contact them throughout the
winter," says Associate Professor of Music Margene
Stewart, executive secretary of the society Although
the society hasn't tracked the contacts to determine
how many are attending OU, Stewart says the
program is working "It's become a great way
to bolster recruitment," she says
Not to be forgotten, Harrison says, is alumni's
outpouring of support of Ohio University during
the record-setting $132 7-million Third Century
Campaign, the five-year capital effort completed m
December 1993 More than 330 student scholarships
were established as a result of the campaign, including
31 endowed at the $100,000 level Alumni spear-
headed fund-raising efforts at the college, regional
and national levels,
"We don't want to forget the incredible record of
giving Ohio University alumni have." Harrison says
"What alumni accomplished during the Third Century
Campaign, in cooperation with the Development
Office, was truly remarkable "
• ••
Bill Estep is editor of Ohio University Today.
mm the
umi
After a year of traveling around the world and
meeting hundreds of alumni and friends, University
President Robert Glidden says he is amazed at the
fierce loyalty that Ohio University alumni show for their
alma mater A prime example of that loyalty is seen
through the actions of alumni who devote their time,
talents and energy to benefit Ohio Umverstty and the
Alumni Association in so many ways
The special alumni insert in this issue is dedicated
to the iheme of "Service to Alma fvlater " and high-
lights some of the ways that alumni and friends make
a difference on campus, In my 10 years with the
Alumni Association, I've heard many alumni say they'd
be willing to do more, but that no one ever asked or
told them how. So, as alumni director I'd like to make
an official request and give you a few examples of
what you can do
Get involved with an alumni chapter.
There are 66 regional alumni chapters around the
world sponsoring anywhere from three to 1 5 events a
year for local alumni. Chapters always are looking for
volunteers to sen/e on steering committees and in
officer positions.
Help out on the college, school and
department level. Nine constituent societies of
alumni and friends, and many other boards of visitors
and advisory groups support Ohio University's
academic units. Alumni volunteers who sen/e on these
boards discuss involvement opportunities for alumni
with their respective degree-granting units.
Career networking. Alumni established in their
careers can provide alumni and students with guidance
and support in their search for career grovirth You can
assist by attending regional career networking
receptions, becoming part of the Alumni Career
Network sponsored by Career Services and Alumni
Relations, and offering student internship and
mentoring opportunities
Recruiting students. While Ohio University
always attracts a qualified base of applicants for
admission, this doesn't happen by accident. Our
alumni and friends are some of the best recruiters that
Ohio University has. You can help with recruitment by
introducing the campus to outstanding high school
students in your area.
Returning to teach a class. Alumni can be a
big help in shanng information on current trends and
directions Our colleges and schools would love to have
a good pool of alumni volunteers willing to serve as
guest speakers and panelists.
Private giving. Thousands of alumni give back
to the university each year through the phonathon,
direct mail, planned giving or major gifts That kind of
support has placed our endowment In the top listings
of public universities and colleges.
Support for student organizations. A large
part of your life at Ohio University revolved around the
wonderful outside-the-classroom experiences you had.
With more than 300 active student organizations, that
tradition continues. Student organizations would love
to have more alumni serve as mentors, guest speakers
and professional advisers.
Fan support for Ohio University athletics.
Whether you come to campus to attend athletic
events, show up when the Bobcats are on the road, or
tune in the Ohio Sports Network on the TV or radio,
alumni fan support is very important for our women's
and men's athletic teams.
I could go on, but space is running out. But
consider yourself asked to get involved. The Alumni
Association provides diverse opportunities for
involvement, and stands ready to help direct your
interest and commitment
Dr. Glidden is nght when he says that Ohio
University alumni are fiercely loyal, and that has been
proven by the kind of meaningful involvement we see.
if you're not currently involved and want to know
more about what you can do. please contact us by
writing Konneker Alumni Center. P.O- Box 869,
Athens, Ohio 45701-0869, or by calling 614-593-
4300, faxing 614-593-4310 or e-mailing
HARRlSON@OUVAXA.CATS OHIOU.EDU
The Alumni Association thanks all who are involved
for making Ohio University a very special place-
Rick Harrison. BSJ '82. is director of the Office
of Alumni Relations.
M
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Photo: Jeff Ff iedman
1934-95 Alumni Relations staff
Front left: Secretary Stephanie Elmore, Secretary Phyllis Stoncel, Assistant Director Julie Sarone
Secretary Irene Weigly, Assistant Director Judith Johnson, and Office Manager Susan Higgins.
Back left: Director Rick Harrison, Assistant to the Vice President for University Relations
Dick Polen, Secretary Kathy Hoisington, and Associate Director George Reid.
Newly organized, revitalized
chapters surface in four areas
New and improved alumni chapters in Washing-
ton, DC , Kansas City, Central Virginia and Central
Indiana are looking to promote Bobcat spirit in their
The Greater Kansas City Alumni Chapter has
reorganized and is building an active group of
graduates of all class years. Last August, the group
elected Barb Kovacs '85 president and planned for its
first official event — watching the OU-fvliami football
game via satellite at Champs Lounge in Overland
Park,
The group met frequently throughout the summer
and fall of last year to plan events to increase partici-
pation. The group hosted a brunch at Costello's Green
House Restaurant in April with Dean of Students Joel
Rudy This summer, the chapter plans to sun/ey area
alumni to gam feedback on the best way to drum up
attendance
The newly formed Washington, DC, African-
American Alumni Chapter hosted its first social Sept.
30 at the Foxx Trapp Lounge to encourage alumni to
become more actively involved in Ohio University The
group elected Rashid Jelani '79 president, Jeff Mason
'77 vice president, Lucretia Boyer '84 secretary, and
Sybil Felton '92 treasurer In April, chapter members
met at the Truffles on Two Restaurant to discuss the
Black Alumni Reunion agenda, distnbute chapter
newsletters and network with fellow alumni.
Central Virginia area alumni gathered at the Cattle
Ranch Restaurant Feb, 12 to watch the men's basket-
ball team take on Bowling Green on ESPN2. During
the event, the following alumni were elected execu-
tive officers: Anne Marie McHugh '88 president,
Frank Undenwood '54 vice president, and John Roush
'72 secretary.
Alumni were invited to the 40th annual Boardwalk
Art Show exhibit and sale June 1 7 for local and
regional artists. The chapter plans to rotate event
locations near Charlottesville, Richmond, Farmville
and Norfolk,
The reorganization of the Central Indiana Chapter
took place Sept. 14 with the viewing of the "OU
Extra" video and election of new officers. They are D,
Mark Helmus '86 president, Kelly Reynolds '88 vice
president. Jack Sullivan, Jr '83 secretary, and Jocelyne
Dinopoulos '83 treasurer
Survey results led the group to schedule four
athletic events. On Sept, 24, the chapter gathered
before the Ball State football game for a pregamer
and a visit by the Bobcat cheerleaders. The group met
Jan. 28 to cheer on the Pacers over the Philadelphia
76ers, Bobcat basketball brought out alumni when
the chapter gathered Feb. 4 to see OU play Miami on
satellite television.
A road trip to Muncie a month later allowed the
chapter to cheer on the Bobcat men's team courtside
at Ball State during pre-tournament play Next year's
schedule will emphasize diverse programming for all
area alumni.
A Ohio University
has 141,000 living
alumni, including
more than 3,500
international
alumni. "' ^
An Ohio University
alumni event occurs
every 48 hours
somewhere around
the world.
The Ohio University
Alumni Association,
a non-dues-paying
organization, was
founded in 1859
and IS one of the
nation's oldest.
Pittsburgh wi
the site of thi
Largest out-of-state chapters fi^^j alumni
are the Greater New York/
New Jersey/Connecticut
group at 4,041, followed
by the Nation's Capital at
3,109, and Chicago at 2,155. 66 chapters
located
Central Ohio is the
largest alumni chapter
with 10.878 graduates,
followed by Greater
Cleveland at 10,049.
chapter in 1906
Columbus came
next in 1 909
Today, 10 of the
Ohio
University
Alumni
Association
Arizona
Indiana
Cleveland Green & White Club
NA
Greater Phoenix
666
Central Indiana
833
Greater Cleveland Black
587
Greater Tucson
242
Massachusetts
Parents Club of Cleveland
NA
California
Massachusetts area
1,579
Greater Dayton
4,014
Greater Los Angeles
1,964
Michigan
Dayton/Miami Valley Black
148
San Diego
550
Greater Detroit
1,794
Eastern Ohio
3,556
San Francisco
1,478
Minnesota
Fairfield County
3,157
San Jose
759
Greater Minneapolis
524
Mansfield (Heart of Ohio)
1.673
Colorado
Missouri
Portsmouth/lronton (Tri-State)
4,079
Colorado
1,062
Greater Kansas City
362
Greater Toledo
2,306
District of Columbia
St. Louis
338
Youngstown/Warren
1,848
Nation's Capital
3.109
Nevada
Pennsylvania
DC. African-American
130
Las Vegas
183
Mid-Atlantic/Philadelphia
1,477
Florida
New York/New Jersey/Connecti
icut
Greater Pittsburgh
1,645
Ft. Myers (Southwest)
401
Greater NY/NJ/CT
4,041
Texas
Ciearwater/Tampa (Gulf Coast)
960
Communication Group
717
Dallas/Ft. Worth
830
Orlando
926
North Carolina
Houston
1,006
South Florida/Miami
501
Greater Charlotte
608
Virginia
Sarasota (Suncoast)
959
Greater Raleigh/Durham
842
Central Virginia
755
Georgia
Ohio
Washington
Atlanta
1,424
Akron/Canton
4,423
Seattle
884
Atlanta African-American
85
Akron Assoc, of OU Women
1,993
J^^^^L
Hawaii
Athens
5,959
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-'
State of Hawaii
151
Central Ohio
10.878
-
Illinois
Central Ohio Black
336
Chicago
2,155
Chillicothe
2,952
Chicago Communication Group
424
Greater Cincinnati
Greater Cleveland
Women's Club of Cleveland
4,652
10,049
4,645
Note Numbers listed include total alumni living in chapter areas,
OU international alumni chapters include: Taiwan, 192; Hong Kong, 159; Indonesia, 1 18; Japan.
377; Singapore, 84; Malaysia, 967; Nigeria, 252, lloria, NA; South Korea, 107; Thailand. 163
graphic: IMTS, Sam Gir
Six new members elected
to National Alumni Board
Group begins serving three-year term on the National Alumni Board of Directors July 1
John W. Baughman, BSED
Lancaster Cily School District
Fairfield County Chapter o(
the Alumni Association and
the College of Education
Society of Alumni and Friends
Heh
and president Baughman
is involved in several profes-
sional and community
organizalions, including
American Red Cross. Hospicf
and Healtri Services, and the
Amencan Association of
School Admtntslrators
John "Wes" Osborn, B5C
'73. IS director of marketing
research (or UNISYS Corp. in
Blue Sell. 9a , where he
received three Achievement
Awards for Excellence He also
has earned the Creative
Wnting/Pfoducing Award
from the Columbus Advertis-
ing Federation He currently
serves as president of the
Mid-Atlantic/Philadelphia
Alumni Chapter, which he co-
founded in 1992 Osborn was
a fult-l
for the OU School of Telecom-
munications in 1978 and
1982 He frequently returns to
campus to guest lecture
Deaconess Hospital, also in
Cincinnaii Reau is a member
of the Public Relations Society
of Amenca. the Greater
Cincinnati Alumni Chapter,
and the Cincinnati Art Mu-
seum She recently was elected
national officer of Sigma
Kappa sorority, tor which she
serves as the alumnae/colle-
giate relations coordinator for
District I chapters She is work-
William E. Rjghter, BSC
'77. IS project manager
forSARCOM, a S160 million
computer hardware/software
sales company in Columbus
In 1981, Righter assisted in
rebuilding the Central Ohio
Alumni Chapter, where he has
r for 14 years
ingo
He sen/ed as
chapter from 1988-92 ani
wasakeyfigureinestabli
the chapter's scholarship 1
Righter is a 19-year memi
of the Ohio High School
Athletic Association and i
10-year member of the
Central Ohio Basketball
Officials Association
of the
Ray O. Rodriguez, BA '66,
IS a partner at Rodriguez &
Villalobos law firm in Chicago
He graduated from John
Marshall Law School in
Chicago in 1970 From
1970-71, Rodriguez was 3
South Vietnam He is chairman
of the Hispanic Housing
Development Corp and board
vice chair of United Way of
Chicago Rodriguez served on
the university's College of Arts
and Sciences Third Century
Campaign Committee
Joanne S. Utiey, BSJ '79,
IS an assistant art director
for Newsday of New York,
where she designs the cover
for Wednesday through
Sunday editions Utieywasa
member of the Massachusetts
Chapter of the Alumni
Association from 1983-90
J Jersey/
Connecticut Chapter She is
a member of the Society of
Newspaper Design, the
American Cancer Society,
and the Uteracy V
of Ainericd
If University in Cm
Serving campus is a way of life for National Alumni Board
To the 22 members of the National Alumni
Board, service to alma mater is not just a saying. It's
a way of life.
With only c\vo business meetings per year in
Athens, the board schedules fast-paced sessions so
members can hilfill another service goal: interaction
widi campus units.
Recent board schedules have included meetings
with the people who make the university tick. This
year alone, board members met with students,
faculr>', administrators and support staff in a variety
of settings.
A favorite among board members is the return
to the dining halls for dinner, dessert and discus-
sions of the past and present with student groups
— such as recent pairings with residence life mem-
bers and several student leaders.
At least one lunch per weekend visit also is
reserved to reach out to a specific campus group.
Last fall, members met with Student and Graduate
Student senates to hear current concerns. This
spring's luncheon featured a lively exchange be-
tween the board and members of Faculty and
Administrative senates, and representatives from
the Classified Staff Advisory Council.
The Alumni Association's five-year strategic
plan, approved last fall, calls for increasing board
awareness of and mteraaion with the campus com-
mimir,', alumni chapters and societies, the Student
Alumni Board, and other student groups. Toward
that goal, board members have begun visiting or
guest lecturing in classrooms, and greeted guests
and assisted colleges during the Hoinccoming
Con\'ofest event last )xar.
Beyond outreach, each member is expected to
participate in two or three standing c
dealing with current and fumre t
Committees work in the areas of alumni awards,
athletic assistance, development, fmance, mmont\'
relations, nominations, and university relations.
Future committees arc planned to assist the Career
Services Office, chapters and constituent societies,
and on-campus alumni programs.
Many members make the most of their board
weckencis by scheduling additional outreach activi-
ties on their own time. For example, several mem-
Student Senate member Zach Coldwell (seated left) meets
National Alumni Board member John Ault III '90 at the
board's fall meeting Homecoming weekend, as
board member Barbara Matthews '71 looks on.
bcrs meet with students one-on-onc as mentors.
Some have assisted with campus rcuiuons, and
others travel on behalf of the university in an ofli
cial alumni capacity.
3
1995 Alumni
Association Awards
The Ohio University Alumni Association vwill honor 10 individuals during
Homecoming weekend Oct. 13-15 for outstanding service to Ohio University,
and for achievement in fields ranging from television to engineering.
Alumnus of the Year
L. Dale Springer, BSEE '49
Service and Loyalty to Alma Mater
"I was in the OU Band 1943-44, ROTC rifle
team 1943-44, and joined Acacia fraternity my
junior year, and share this Alumnus of the Year
award with fellow Acacian. Bob Forsythe. After
graduation, Ohio University remained a central
part of my life and still is. My degree has
provided me with the needed tools to perform
my various jobs during my career Ohio Univer-
sity has continually provided inspiration and
warmth in my life. The OU Greater Dayton
Chapter has inspired and driven me and many
other dedicated and loyal OU alumni over the
last 45 years. I still have lots of energy, so let's
go Bobcats. "
Dale Springer has been president and chief executive
officer of Dayton Scientific Inc since he co-founded the
company in 1967. Spnnger's work includes financing,
marketing, contract pricing and contract negotiating. He
is responsible for five patents in the electronics field.
Before coming to OU. he sen/ed as an electronics
technician in the U S. Navy In 1952, he began his work
with Ohio University when he was elected to the Greater
Dayton Alumni Chapter board, where he served as
treasurer in 1953 and president for two years In 1961,
he helped revitalize the Dayton Chapter and was
awarded the Outstanding Chapter President Award by
then-universily President Vernon Aiden. Springer aiso
started an outreach program for Dayton-area high school
students. He and others traveled to more than 10 high
schools, making presentations on OU and assisting with
student recruitment.
Springer was there to help restart the Dayton Chapter
again in the early 1970s when it became inactive. In
1972, he again was elected chapter president and served
for three years A year later, he started the Dayton Area
Telefund, a scholarship fund raiser.
Spnnger and his wife. Harrielte, HON '85, have
coordinated and chaperoned the Sibs Weekend bus trips
to Athens since 1976 and have created an OU scholar-
ship for Dayton-area engineering undergraduates. In
1975, Springer was elected to the National Alumni Board
for a three-year term He began sen/ing on the OU
Foundation Board of Trustees in 1 98 1 and is now an
emeritus member He also was co-chairman of the
Dayton Area Third Century Campaign.
James H Jewell, AB '31
Distinguished Service
in the Field of IMedicine
"Born and reared in a small farm village complex,
about 20 miles from Athens, from an early age I was
always aware of Ohio University and its history. Two
events of my first six weeks at OU stand out in my
memory — a collision in an 8 am. gym class resulting in
a fractured jaw for me, and in my next hour, I received a
grade of 75 in my first general chemistry class. From
there, everything was up. With a fine department in
chemistry, and the biological sciences, the university
afforded great preparation in the pre-medical area. After
completing all the requirements in three years and one
summer term, I was accepted at four 'Class A medical
schools As a native of the area, I have always regarded
this fine old university as part of my heritage. "
Laura A. Landro, BSJ '76
Achievement in Journalism
and Service to Alma Mater
"Though it seems like only yesterday that I was racing
across the College Green after a late night working at
The Post to make a9a m. class, if will be 20 years next
June since I left OU I'll always have fond memories cf
Athens as the ideal American college experience. Ohio
University prepared me for real life Thanks to the
College of Communication, its School of Journalism and
my job at The Post, / walked out of there with the skills
I needed to make it in a very demanding and competitive
profession. The gifted professionals who taught me and
the students I worked alongside instilled in me a passion
for journalism that has stayed with me for two decades.
I'm truly honored to be selected for the Medal of Merit. "
James H Jewell is a retired decorated U S Air Force
colonel and a retired obstetrical and gynecological
physician, Jewell planned and coordinated a method to
airlift wounded American soldiers from the shores of
France to American-run hospitals in England during D-
Day, saving countless American lives He received his
medical degree from Case Western Reserve University in
1 934, and followed with 39 years of service on the staff
of St Joseph Hospital in Mt Clemens, Mich., where he
served as chief of the medical staff and chair of the
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Jewell made
a significant donation to the Cutler Scholars Program
during the recent Third Century Campaign
Laura Landro is senior editor at The Wall Street
Journal, where she is responsible for all New York
reporters covering the media, marketing and entertain-
ment industries. She also continues to report and write.
Landro has worked at The Wall Street Journal since
1 981 , serving as a reporter, deputy news editor, news
editor, and marketing and media editor. She also has
worked for Business Week and McGraw-Hill World
News in London. Her journalistic skills won her the
1986 Gerald Loeb Award for deadline reporting
Landro has continually supported the E W Scripps
School of Journalism As an alumna, she has played a
major role in obtaining a foreign internship for Ohio
University students with The Wall Street Journal Europe.
Last year, Landro was awarded the School of Journalism's
L.J. Hortin Distinguished Alumni Award and participated
in Communication Week
4
Frank E. Underwood, BSCOM '54
Service To Alma Mater
"My selection of Ohio University was strongly
influenced by (football) coaches Howard Bncker and
Kermit Blosser, the school's high academic standing, and
the beautiful campus Accepting a scholarship made me.
along with my friend Charlie Wilson, one of the first two
black students ro receive astiletic scholarships to Ohio
University Attending Ohio University provided me the
opportunity to face and overcome many challenges
When I reflect upon my past, it is apparent that my four
years at Ohio University were more influential on me
than any period in my life. Considering the many benefits
I received from attending OU. it is incredible to me that
as I endeavor to give back to OU, my alma mater
continues giving to me by selecting me to receive the
prestigious Medal of Merit award For this, I am deeply
humbled and will forever be grateful to Ohio University. "
Frank Underwood is a retired US, Army colonel and
veteran of the Vietnam and Korean wars He completed
a 27-year career on active duty in the Army before
entering the private business sector He currently is
owner and general manager of Marimar Enterprises, a
markeling organization Underwood also manages the
careers of his two sons, Blair and Frank Jr , and daughter
Mario, who are pursuing careers in the art and entertain-
ment fields. Blair Underwood played the role of Jonathan
on "LA. Law." A second daughter, Melissa, resides at
home.
UndenA^ood played football at OU from 1950-54 He
IS a donor to the university, a member of the OU
Foundation Board, and is involved with African-American
T organizations.
Ohio
University
Alumni
Association
Priscilla S. D'Angelo
3 which we
contributed: the Third Century
Campaign on which we
d the Trustees'
Acsderrty to which we belong
What does OUn
More than I could possibly
write in two or three paragraphs Suffice it to say. I am very
pleased to become an honorary alumna. I had hoped one day to
become a real part of the university I have come to lover
D'Angelo served on the Ohio University Board ot Trustees
from 1980-89, and chaired the board in 1986-87. As honorary
chaif for (he College of Fine Arts Major Gifts Committee,
D'Angelo was instrumental in raising funds for the Third Century
Campaign D'Angelo and her husband. Gene, retired president of
WBNS stations in Columbus, have maintained strong ties to OU
as major donors lo the university and through Gene D'Angelo's
recruiting activities and involvement wilh the School of
Journalism and the Telecommunications Center Pnscilla D'Angelo
also IS affiliated with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, the
Columbus Museum of Arl. and Thurber House in Columbus.
Joel
S. Rudy
■Y,
am deeply honored by
fheaw
/ard bestowed on me
by the
National Alumni Board
Theac
tual presentation in the
fall of 1995 will come as 1
begin
to celebrate my 20th
year\A
nth the Ohio University
family
1 have attended 19
lefth
dallh
■ed this place more than
any other student body with which I have been associated. It's
not easy raising 75. 000 children, but it certainly has been
rewarding To former President and Mrs Pmg and former Vice
President Carol Harter. and more recently President and /virs.
Qlidden. thank you for the opportunity to serve you and the
students of what is now my alma mater '
Rudy has worked for Ohio University since 1976, serving as
director of residence lite and associate dean of students before
becoming dean of students more than 13 years ago. He
continues to lecture m the College of Education, and tirelessly
promotes OU by traveling across the country to speak to students
and parents interested in the university Rudy's contributions
include help with developing the Center for Community Service
and the Department of Multicultural Programs, the grov^lh of
Ronald P. Socctarelli
'The pride I have m (he
students, faculty and alumni
of Ohio University began on
the first day of band camp in
I97S By the end of the week
le realization, and
a very special kind
gravitates to Ohio
Without fanfare.
)1 progra
nity as part of a planning effort for the Division of
ie(> parents.
and to Ohio University to be
the very best they can possibly
be. This feeling permeates the
campus and I t>elieve it comes from the example set by the
university and its faculty It has been a pnvilege to have served
these people during a period of time which many consider to be
the finest m the history of Ohio University '
Socciarelli is a professor emeritus of music at Ohio University
Now living in Aiken, S C. he returns to Ohio University to teach
classes during fall quarter in the School of Music Socciarelli was
instrumental m the development of the internationally renowned
OU Marching 110, which he conducted from 1973 to 1989
Under his direction, the Marching Band performed in New York's
Carnegie Hall and was featured in a 25-minute news piece on
National Public Radio He also conducted the Concert Band.
Wind Symphony and the University-Community Summer Pops
Concert Band for nearly 20 years Gov George V Voinovich
proclaimed May 15, 1992 as Ronald P Socciarelli Day in the state
of Ohio.
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Donald H. Voelker, BSME '52
Service to Alma Mater
"The past 13 years — participating on the AlumrM
Board, Third Century Campaign. Major Gifts Committee
for the College of Engineering and Technology and OU
Foundation Board — have allowed my wife [\/1argaret
and I to not only renew old friendships, but to make new
ones with both faculty and alumni Because of my
engineering education, job and business opportunities
were presented to me that allowed me to have a
rewarding and fulfilling career Margaret, my wife of 42
years, whom I met at Ohio University, has been my
supportive partner in all of my endeavors on behalf of
the university. "
Donald H. Voelker is the retired president of O.H
Voelker and Associates of Olathe. Kan , a manufacturer
of hydraulic equipment that he founded m 1963 He also
worked as the chairman of Hydraulic fabricators of
Kansas, director of Great Bend Industries, and sales
engineer at Hydreco. a division of Signal Corp
Voelker is a member of the Ohio University Founda-
tion Board of Trustees, and previously served as vice
chairman of its development committee and on the
finance and membership committees He received special
recognition from former university President Charles
Ping for his service on the Russ College of Engineenng
and Technology's Major Gifts Committee for the Third
Century Campaign Voelker is a past president of the
f>Jational Alumni Board of Directors, he sen/ed on the
board for nine years, eight in which he was an officer
Voelker also established a scholarship in the College of
Business for his wife, Margaret Voelker, AA '51 .
Robert D. Walter. BSME '67
Distinction in Business
and Service to Alma Mater
"Ohio University offered me a broad-based experi-
ence that well prepared me for the balance of my life. I
had an opportunity to mix a challenging curriculum in
mechanical engineenng with participation in student
government and an active social life as a member of
Sigma Chi fraternity Although the university was at
a peak size when I attended, it was still smalt enough
and had an open environment that allowed me to get
involved at many levels in university life. My wife Peggy
and I loved the small college town setting of Athens.
Ohio University was a wonderful experience, helped me
pay for that experience, and was instrumental in getting
me started on the next leg of my career I have great
appreciation for all that I received from Ohio University. "
Robert Walter is chairman and CEO of Cardinal
Health, Inc., a Dublin, Ohio-based distributor of drug and
related health products nationwide He serves on the
boards of Banc One Corp and Westinghouse Electnc
Corp
Walter graduated summa cum laude from OU and
holds an fvlBA from Harvard University From 1988-91,
Waiter sen/ed as trustee on the investment committee of
the Ohio University Foundation With his wife. IVlargaret,
BFA '67, he has endowed scholarships for students m the
College of Engineering and Technology He received the
Achievement in Business Award in 1988 from the
College of Business.
Matthew J. Wickline, BS '83
Distinction in Television and
Film Writing and Producing
"Ohio University was a fantastic experience forme I
studied film and television production through the
Honors Tutorial College and made many friends in these
and other related disciplines. It was truly exciting to find
so many talented and passionate artists, and students
who believed in and were striving for the same things
When I graduated and went on to work in New York in
1 983. 1 found a contingent of OU actors, writers and
filmmakers had moved there as well. We were a great
support group for each other as we faced the early
challenges of our careers And even now. many of us are
still in contact l/ust finished producing a TV pilot with
two old friends from OU. one a writer and the other an
actor We looked at each other and were stunned to
realize 14 years had passed since we met at OU "
IVlatt Wickline is a television film writer and producer
who has won four Emmy Awards, three of which
recognized his comedy writing lor "Late Night with
David Leiterman " He also won an NAACP Image Award
for Outstanding Comedy Series for the show "Martin"
in 1993 His other TV credits include "Chris Elliot.
Television Made," "FD R A One Man Show," "In Living
Color," 'Good Sports," and "The Clmic "
Wickline has kept m touch with Ohio University
faculty and sen/es as a mentor and role model for many
OU students In 1993, he returned to speak to several
classes and presented a colloquium of his experiences
with top comedy writers
of interest ,
to alumni
Alumni chapter news
"The Gams"
fourteen chapters across the country held events to cheer on
the Bobcat men's basketball team when they battled Miami Feb
A It was one of the most widely successful alumni events in
several years, thanks lo the satellite television telecast coordinated
by ihe university's Ohio Sports Network
Sixty alumni and friends m the Denver area gathered to watch
the game at Zang Brewing Company The Colorado Chapter
event was organized by Tom Edwards '90
Kim Bosko-Geiger '87 and Malt Lowell '91 coordinated the
event for the Chicago Chapter More than 1 30 Bobcats and
Redskins attended A second group of OU alumm, who live in
the Chicago suburbs, gathered at Overtime Sports Bar & Grill.
The event was made possible by Kim Vandegnft '89
In the Sunshine Slate. 30 Clearwatar/Tampa Chapter
members met at Captain Kosmakos in an event organized by Sob
Ripple '60 Dick Cteps '44 organized Ihe party for the Sarasota
Chapter, which included 25 Bobcat alumni and 20 Miami alumni
at The Sarasota Grill The game brought more than 45 people to
6 T Boomers in an event put together by the Fort Myers
Chapter and Paula Sklodowski "79
Ellen Paul '88 coordinated the Orlando Chapter's party
at Galor's Oockside Bar & Grill Playoffs Sports Grill was the site
for the South Florida/Miami Chapter's event, which was co-
ordinated by Scott Cassady and Robert Sirawser '55
Fifteen people from the Nation's Capital Chapter
cheered on the Bobcats at Mr Days Steve Yonkers '88 and Heidi
The game did more than provide a good time tor members
of the Us Vegas Chapter, it "revitalized" the chapter During
the game-day parly, plans were made for future evenis The
event was made possible by Mary Hausch '70
More than 100 Atlanta Chapter members and friends
finally picked up the satellite feed to the game at haHlime, lo
the relief of many The event was organized by Mary Monlz '88
Arizona alumni united at Famous Sam's Bar & RestauranI for
the ^cson Chapter's event, organized by Bill DeVinney '67
While most Bobcat alumni m Ohio made Ihe trip lo Athens
in hopes of gelling a ticket, two chapters settled for watching
the game on television The Heart of Ohio (Mansfield)
Chapter held an event at Scores Sports Bar Organized by Mark
Arnold '81 '83, the parly atlraded 30 alumni and friends The
Greater Toledo Chapter attracted 70 people lo its event al
Arnie's II was coordinated by Earl Apgar '66 '67.
(ndianapolis-area alumni enjoyed rooting for Ihe Bobcats
at 0 T Souths Rib House m an event organized by Ihe Central
Indiana Chapter and Mark Helmus '85
The following summarizes other events this winter and spring
California
Three California chapters welcomed C Aaron Kelley. dean
of the College of Business, m lale March and early April The first
stop was in San Francisco, as the chapter met at Swiss Louis
Reslaurant on Pier 39 The event was organized by Mike Kress
■65 and Paul Slychno '70 Next, in Los Angeles, the chapter
welcomed Kelley at the Radisson Hunlley Hotel in an event
organized by Monroe Slavin '77 Last stop wa^ San Diego,
where Larry Wemstem '67 organized a chapter event with the
dean at the Chart House, overlooking the water
The Southwest Florida Chapter sponsored a spring
barbecue April 30 m Lakes fark in South Fort Myers The event
was coordinated by Paula Sklodowski '79 and Paula Eichbauer
'76.
Illinois
Forty-five alumni ar^d tnends gathered at Kmcaid's Bar
March 1 1 for the Chicago Chapter's annual St Patrick's
Day Patty
Indiana
Thirty Central Indiana Chapter alumni, family and
friends gathered at the Legal Beagle Pub and Eatery before
watching the Pacers battle the Philadelphia 76ers This event aisc
was organized by Helmus. who coordinated another pregame
basketball event before the Sobcal-8all State game in Muncie
Massachusetts
On March 18, Ihe Massachusetts Chapter took in a
Boston Ballet performance of American Festival II This special
event was planned by Cathy Merrill '85.
Missouri
The St. Louis Chapter held its winter meeting Feb. 4 to
discuss future plans The meeting was at the home of Allen and
Jeanette Myers The Greater Kansas City Chapter held a
brunch to welcome Dean of Students Joel Rudy an event
organized by Barb Kovacs '85 and Kirk Fine '81
New Vork/New Jersey/Connecticut
The Greater NY/NJ/CT Chapter rolled out the welcome
wagon for a reception and dinner event in honor of President
and Mrs Glidden April 13 al Moran's Townhouse in Manhattan
More than 40 alumni representing several classes attended this
event that also featured the presentation of the Distinguished
Service Award to past Chapter President Marcia Benjamin
Wicl
1-64
The chapter's Communication Group sponsored a
reception and panel symposium May 22 m New York Those
participating in a panel discussion included Matt Lauer. news
anchor for NBC s Today Show who attended OU in the late
1970s. Saul Bennett '57. president of Robert Mason Marketing
Communications, and Gene Maeroff '62. former national
education correspondent for the New York Times. The evening
gave alumni a chance to network wth new contacts in the
communication field Donald Swatm '59 organized the event
North Carolina
When the Bobcat baseball team traveled to North Carolina
in March, the Charlotte Chapter was there to cheer it on The
chapter sponsored a pregame tailgate party and a post-game
cookout at Ramsey Cieek Park on Lake Norman
The Akron Association of Ohio University Women
held two meetings this winter In February, the group met at the
Taylor Library in Cuyahoga falls, where personnel presented a
history of Euclid Avenue. In March, the women met at the Akron
On Feb 1 8. the Akror\/Canton and Youngstown/
Warren chapters gathered at the University of Akron Garder
Student Center for food and beverages before the Bobcat-Akron
men's basketball game The evening was organized by Bill
Suthenn '58 and Jan Williams '73
Barbara Ross-Lee. 0 0 , dean of the College of Osteopathic
Medicine, spoke to the Athens County Chapter at its annual
luncheon to help support the Dictionary Awards for local high
school juniors The event, organized by Judith Johnson of Ihe
Alumni Relations Office, attracted a large lurnoul
The Central Ohio Chapter's St Patrick's Day Party was
one of lis most successful events ever More than 300 people
finished off 64 pizzas The event, organized by Barry Wear '61,
was held at Planks Bier Garten in German Village On Apnl 6.
Ihe Central Ohio Chapter joined the Central Ohio Black
Chapter to welcome Dr and Mrs Glidden lo Columbus at Ihe
River Club Restaurant The event allracled nearly 80 alumni and
The Greater Cincinnati Chapter welcomed Dr and Mrs
Ghdden to a dinner Feb 23 al Embassy Suites Hotel Chuck Dyas
'81 coordinaied the event On March 1 6. the chapter met at
Foley's lush Pub to celebrate 51 Patricks Day
Constituent society notebook
The College of Business Society of Alumni and
Friends (SAF) Board of Directors' Faculty and Student Affairs
Committee presented two sessions of their Student Lecture
Series "Networking Skills" took place April 1 1 and was followed
on May 1 1 with "Employer Evaluations " Two programs are
offered to students each quarter. Alumni interested m volunteer-
ing to be panelists should contact Susan Downard, assistant to
the dean-external relations, at 614-S93-2003
The SAF Board of Directors mei in Athens May 19-20. New
members elected to fill vacated seals were John E. Ault lii '90,
Anna L Durst '85, Stephen G. Kopp '92; John R Krulcik '70 '72,
and Michele M Obye '92 Retiring members were recognized
with a certificate of appreciation and a gift for their service
The board meets again m Athens Oct 7 and will participate
in ceremonies recognizing the renovation of Copeland Hall. The
business building reopened for classes spring quarter after a two-
year, S7.8 million renovation project
Also in the news, the university's Boatd of Trustees authorized
changing the name of the College of Business Administration to
Ihe College of Business at its April meeting The change is meant
to reflect that, according to the trustees' resolution, "Ihe study of
business functions, management, and leadership is no longer an
■administratively onenied' endeavor "
The Honors Tutorial College Board of Visitors mei in
Athens for ils annual meeting May 19-21. the last for retiring
Dean Margaret Cohn The board met with Cohn. President
Robert Glidden. sludenis and faculty lo discuss Ihe status of the
college, its programs and future plans
The College of Fine Arts Society of Alumni and
Friends hosted a Fme Arts Alumni Networking Conference April
8 in conjunction with its spring meeting Twenly-five alumni were
on hand to discuss career opportunities for fine arts majors
The School of Music Society of Alumni and Friends
celebrated its 1 0th anniversary year with a two-day gala reunion
Way 20-2 1 The Board of Directors' annual meeting was
shortened so members could join other alumni participating m a
"Back To School" session, which featured a music education
workshop, and performances by an alumni chorus and band
Alumni also viewed Ihe architects' rendering of the two-phase
addition to the Music Building ai an open house Available (or
study were drawings of the large choral and instrumental
rehearsal rooms, the percussion suite, an 800-seat concert
auditorium, a 250-seaI recital hall, and storage space
The showcase concert in Temptelon-Blaci'.burn Alumni
Memorial Auditorium thai followed a banquet in Baker Center
featured performances by all School of Music stui
The Board of Directors announced that aware
next year are due Oct 1 . Those alumm and friends interested m
serving as future board members need to complete special forms,
which may be obtained by conlading Margene Stewart, executive
secretary of Ihe Society of Alumni and Friends, at 614-593-1634
The College of Communication Society of Alumni
and Friends board members held their spring board meeting on
campus April 24 The meeting's focus was to evaluate the
colleges Student Mentor Program and to make recommendations
(or improvement Board member Karen Farkas '79, a reporter and
editor lor The Plain Dealer m Cleveland, was honored at the
meeting tor her exemplary service and for completing two terms
Communication Week 1995 was held April 24-28 Unfortu-
nately. Iteynote speaker and ABC Senior Correspondent Carole
Simpson was sent on assignment to cover ihe Oklahoma City
bombing and had to cancel her presenlation on campus But
Communication Week was a success with more than 65 alumni
coming to campus to share their experiences with students.
New York-New Jersey-Connecticut Communication Group
The Greater Cleveland Chapter has announced that its
Career Networking Night is scheduled for Dec 5 at the Holiday
Inn-Independence near 1-77 Alumm and employers interesting in
participating in this third annual student/alumm networking
event should contact Patty Pae '90 at 216-238-0542
This year marked the 20th anniversary of the Greater
Cleveland Green & White Club's St Pats in ihe Flats"
party A record 1.000 people participated in the event Danny
Salvmi '73 coordinated the party
The Parents Club of Greater Cleveland sponsored a
trip for moms headed to Athens tor Moms' Weekend April 28
It was organized by Lon Daklers
The Greater Dayton Chapter also sponsored a bus trip
for Moms' Weekend. Its trip was organized by Harriette M.
Springer, HON '85
The pins were falling Feb 25 when the Dayton/Miami
Valley Black Chapter look to Bowlero Lanes for a night of
bowling fun The event was planned by Ralph Hopper '63
On April 29, the Eastern Campus Chapter in St
Clairsville awarded Ihe Austin C Furbee Alumm Award to
Elizabeth ) SprouH '74, administrator/director of nursing at
Peterson Rehabilitation Hospital and Geriatnc Center The
awards banquet was organized by Phyllis Wells '81
More than 75 people attended the Fairfield County
Chapter's 1995 Annual Dinner at Lancaster Country Club Feb
2 1 . This years dinner also served as a special welcoming
reception for new Lancaster campus Dean Charles Bird The
event was organized by Leigh Ann Bagby '76 and Rita Tate '76
On March 24, Ihe Greater Toledo Chapter held a mixer
(or the MAC Basketball Tournament at Arnie's The Bobcat pep
band made a special appearance at the event, organized by Earl
Apgar '66 '67 More than 40 alums were treated to a Will Rogers
musical tribute al Masonic Auditorium Apnl 1 7 The night was
coordinated by Stacia Roth '82
The Greater Pittsburgh Chapter benefited from a large
snowfall the day before its ski trip at Seven Springs. Fifty alumni
and friends skied all day and all night at this event, planned by
Stacy Ladley '90 and Kim Brown '83 '85
The Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter held its "best party
ever' March 1 7 during a St Patrick's Day evenl The party
brought out 12 alumni who had never attended an alumni
function. The event was planned by Brian Dailey '58.
In lis first event ever, the Central Virginia Chapter
gathered at the Cattle Ranch Restaurant to watch the Bobcat-
Bowling Green men's basketball game on ESPN2 Feb 12 Anne
Mane McHugh '81 organized the social
Washington D.C.
On Jan 26. Ihe Nation's Capital Chapter gathered at
the Pawnshop RestauranI in Arlington. Va Robert Walter '90
coordinated the evenl, which attracted 25 people Ten chapter
members ignored Ihe sub-zero temperatures and went ice
skating at National Mall Feb 2. thanks lo planning by Heidi Kurtz
'91 Seventy alumni representing six MAC schools gathered at
Ihe Grand Hyatt Hotel to watch the men's championship game
of the MAC Basketball Tournament on ESPN in lale March Kurtz
Waller organized the chapter's reception for incoming
freshmen March 19 One-hundred future Bobcats heard Dean of
Students Joel Rudy speak Most recently. Kurtz asked members to
put on their boots and hats for a country and western happy
hour al G W '5 The chapter was doing the boot-scootin' boogie
with the best of them.
alumni got together on May 22 al La Maganelle Restaurant in
New York City (or dinner and a panel discussion on "Expectation
and Reality."
College and society participation in alumni evenis during fall
quarter will include a Dayton alumni reception and dinner with
guest speaker Larry Hunter '71 '73, Bobcat men's basketball
coach. Oct 3 at Ihe Dayton Mandalay Center, Homecoming
Convofesi activities Oct 14, and the School of Interpersonal
Communication Reunion/Retirement Celebration with guest
speaker Nancy Cartwngni, a former OU student and Ihe voice of
TV's Bart Simpson, on Oct 14 at Burr Oak State Park Lodge
Retiring professors Ted Foster, Maung Gyi and Ray Wagner will be
honored Cartwrighl plans to attend the banquet and a Forensics
Program benefit the night before Those who haven't received an
invitation are asked to call 614-593-4829
The Sports Administration/Facility Management
Alumni Society held its 23rd annual Alumm Symposium April
7-8 in Athens The symposium featured presentations by alumni
who are currently employed in diverse areas of Ihe sports/facility
management industry Speakers included Linda Shetma '80.
director of convention services of the Greater Columbus Conven-
tion Center. Jon Wagner '88, director of championships for the
Resorts of Pinehurst, N C , Michael Weber '85, director of mar-
keting and Pay-Per-View (or World Championship Wrestling, and
Bruce Surge '83. vice president of sales and marketing for ihe
Atlanta Kmghls
The 1995 Distinguished Alumnus Award was presented to
Jeremy Foley '76, athletic director of the University of Florida,
Andy Kreutzer '80 '89 becomes Ihe new coordinator of the
Sports Administration/Facility Management Program beginning
Aug. 1 He received his master's degree in sports administration
in 1980 and a doctorate in education in 1989 from Ohio
University
The Black Alumni Reunion in early Ji
provided an opportunity to shi
and family photos.
Black alumni event attracts 500,
largest reunion crowd ever
They came from as far away as California and Florida
to revisit friends, faculty and staff, and to network and
talk with current students as part of the 1995 Black
Alumni Reunion The event, held June 2-4 on the Athens
campus, has grown into the largest reunion in school
history since its inception in 1 977
And the all-class year reunion scheduled every three
years has opened the door of communication for African-
American alumni to become actively involved in Ohio
University, said George Reid, associate director of alumni
relations and coordinator of the event.
More than 500 people — an OU reunion record —
from the classes of 1 950 to 1 994 participated in the
weekend festivities, highlighted by keynote speaker Leon
Harris '83, co-anchor of Cable News Network's "Morning
News." Following an electrifying introduction by Patricia
Ackerman '66, Hams encouraged African-American
alumni to be leaders in their community by coming
together to build unity Harris stressed the importance of
supporting one another, building on the accomplishments
of Afncan-American ancestors, and serving as role models
for generations to come
"Empowerment Through Unity" was the theme for
the weekend. Activities included a picmc and a dance at
Baker Center Alumni also enjoyed breakfast with college
deans and activities focusing on university updates,
networking receptions and a career workshop.
Alumni events planned
for five football games
Pre- and post-game events organized around five Ohio
University football games are scheduled this fall Area alumni
chapters and the Alumni Association will be sponsoring tailgate
parties and receptions before and after the games
Under new Coach Jim Grobe, the 1 995 football team is
looking fonward to a year of transition and improvement. Grobe
IS seeking to revitalize Bobcat football with a quick, hard-hilting
delense and option-onented offense
Alumni in the following areas with current addresses on file
will receive notice of pre- and post-game gatherings four weeks
in advance of the games Others interested in pre/post game
information should fill out the coupon
Other home football games this fall include Sepl 16vs Kent
State, 1 p m,; Oct. 14 vs Western Michigan. 2 p m , Oct 28 vs
Ball State. 2 p.m . and Nov 1 1 vs Miami, 1 p m
Mail coupon at right to Bobcat Victory, Office of Alumni
Relations, PO Box 869, Athens, Ohio 45701-0869
Nominations sought for
outstanding graduate awards
The Ohio University Alumni Association is seeking
nominations for the Charles J. and Claire 0. Ping
Recent Graduate Awards and the annual Distin-
guished Service Award
The Ping Recent Graduate Award honors two
alumni who have been out of school no more than
1 5 years and have an active interest in Ohio Univer-
sity. Nominees must be leaders in their communities
and have shown that an Ohio University education
has been a factor in their career success.
Recent Graduate Award recipients are honored at
a banquet held dunng the spnng meeting of the
National Alumni Board of Directors
The Distinguished Sen/ice Award recognizes
alumni who have made exceptional contributions of
time, talent and creativity on behalf of alumni
chapters, constituent societies, and Ohio University's
colleges and schools. Individuals are nominated by
those familiar with their service to these groups
The nomination deadline for both awards is Sept,
1 5 Nomination forms for either the Ping Recent
Graduate Awards or the Distinguished Service Awards
are available by writing. Awards Programs, Ohio
University Alumni Association, PO Box 869, Athens,
Ohio 45701-0869, or by calling 614-593-4300 or
faxing 6 14-593-43 10
Please send me information on tickets and pre/post-game
events for the Bobcat football games listed below
Sept. 9 Illinois Stat* (home). 1 p.m.
Alumni Pack Peden Stadium Day
Sept. 23 at Eastern Michigan, 6 p.m.
Detroit Area Alumni
Sept. 30 at North Carolina, TBA
Greater Charlotte and Raleigh/Durham Chapter
Oct. 21 at Akron, 6 p.m.
Akron/Canton Alumni Chapter
Nov. 18 at Toledo, 4:30 p.m.
Greater Toledo Alumni Chapter
All dates and times are subjea to change
Ohio
University
Alumni
Association
Student Alumni Board, Alumni
Relations, Career Services
co-sponsor Extern Program
The Student Alumni Board, in conjunction with the
Ohio University offices of Alumnt Relations and Career
Services, once again is sponsoring the Extern Program for
the 1995-1996 academic year The program matches
undergraduates with working alumm and provides
companies with enthusiastic, short-term employees.
The board is seeking alumni to sponsor one- or two-
week externships over next year's winter break, which
runs from Nov 28 through Jan 2 Sponsors will be
responsible for arranging hands-on or obsen/ational
experience for students The sponsors are not expected to
pay or provide housing for externs, but any housing
assistance is appreciated
More sponsors are needed Alumni interested in
helping an Ohio University student gam valuable on-the-
job experience may fill out the form below to receive an
application, or contact the Ohio University Office of
Alumni Relations at 614-593-4300 for more information
Sponsor forms are due by Aug 4
Complete this form and mail to Extern Program, Ohio
University Office of Alumni Relations, PO Box 869,
Athens, Ohio 45701-0869
Name
Address
Citv
Business/OccuDation
Greater Dayton Chapter
captures first-ever award for
most innovative program
The Greater Dayton Alumni Chapter received the first-
ever Most Innovative Chapter Program Award from the
Alumni Association this spring in recognition of its
Dayton-area Telefund. The event, held March 5-6, raised
$12,600 to help fund 15 Ohio University scholarships for
Dayton-area students
This annual event, established by L Dale Springer '49
in 1974, continues to operate out of the Dayton Scien-
tific, Inc. building in Centerville, where Springer is
president and chief executive officer Under the guidance
of the Development Office, chapter volunteers called
nearly 600 area alumni during four phone sessions
The award was created to honor the chapter that
sponsors the most creative and best-received alumni
program The Alumni Relations staff and National Alumni
Board vote on the award, presented m the spring
Each chapter may win only once for the same pro-
gram Nominations are due in early April of each year
Vermont bicycle
tour hits the road
The Middlebury/Oller
Creek Valley will be
the Site of an Ohio
University alumni bicycle
lour of Vermont in early
August
Bike Vermont, one of
the oldest bicycle
tounng companies in
the country, will
coordinate the
week-long tnp, which
begins Aug 6 The
tour IS designed to
encourage varying
skills and interests
of panjcipants,
with riding groups
no larger than 20
The tnp, priced
at 5720 per person,
will indude visits
inns, the New Haven
River Gorge, and the
eastern shore
of LakeChamplam.
For more information.
write Travel Program,
Office of
Alumni Relations,
PO Box 869, Athens
45701-0869. or call
Judith Johnson
at 614-593-4300
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Alumni events
Ohio
University
Alumni
Association
First Lady Ren^ and
President Robert Glidden
enjoy leading their first
Homecoming Parade in
October
The Marching 110
grooves to the tunes at
Konneker Alumni Center
in a surprise performance
for National Alumni
Board members during
Homecoming weekend
in October President
Robert Glidden took the
opportunity to conduct
a practice session of
"Stand Up and Cheer"
in anticipation of his
guest conducting at
the Homecoming
halftime show
Chapter members Barri
Simpson '88 (left) and
Darah Fraembs '81 (center)
join Assistant Director of
Alumni Relations Julie
Barone '87 in one lasl
Bobcat cheer before
heading to Cincinnati
Gardens to watch the OU-
Xavier men's basketball
game The Greater Cin-
cinnati Chapter pregamer
was held Dec 17 at
Damon's Clubhouse in
Norwood Close to 400
alumni attended the eveni
with another 128 joininq
the group at the game
fD
Jake Wyman, BfA '83, a free-lance photographer from New York City, was among 65
alumni who partiapated in the 27th annual Communication Week in Apnl
More than 300 alumni from the
classes of 1950-53 attended the
Nifty Fifties Reunion in September.
Here, classmates pose in front of
the 1804 Class Gateway as a part
of the walking tour of campus.
Other highlights included a Cold
War history lecture by Distin-
guished Professor John Lewis
Gaddis, the season opening
football game against Utah State;
and a banquet hosted by Pres-
ident and Mrs Glidden, with a
special walk down memory lane
Gulp
leaves
his
imprint
on the
campus landscape
chuck Culp retires June 30 after 33 years on campus.
By Bill Estep
With the campus in need of some color.
Sociology Professor Eric Wagner left his meeting
with then-Vice President for Administration Carol
Haner and Physical Plant Director Chuck Culp
threatening to take matters into his own hands.
"It was the late 1970s, budgets were tight, and
the campus needed to be dressed up," Wagner
says. "The campus was beginning to look scruffy,
dog-cared and down in the mouth.
"So I threatened to go out one night and plant
sonic daffodils to show what could happen - - ,
literally go out in the night."
As it turned out, Wagner didn't have to.
Culp and his staff managed to plant the flowers
in question between Aldcn Library and the
president's house. To Wagner, that small incident
represented a large commitment on Gulp's part
to improve the landscape of the Athens campus
and, in larger terms, Ohio Uni\crsit)-'s image.
"That was when things really began to get
going," Wagner says. "Chuck was a ver)' visible
supponer of campus beautification, He was the
guy who put it all together and made it happen.
If the Physical Plant had not been supportive, it
would not have happened."
After a 33-year career at Ohio University, Culp
is "hanging up his tool pouch" and retiring June
30. He took over the Physical Plant operations in
1976 after working in several administrative posts,
including director of student financial aid and vice
president for administrative services.
And as co-workers and friends celebrated his
retirement late this spring, they also reminisced
about Culp's far-reaching impact on renovation,
maintenance, utility management and beautifica-
tion efforts on the Athens campus.
"Chuck has been as important to the overall
life of the university as nearly anyone," says Gary
North, OU's current vice president for administra-
tion. "Whether it's landscaping or The Flower
Program, Chuck is the one who orchestrated it
all. . . . He's touched cver>' corner of this campus.
Whether it's mechanical repairs, utilit)' mainte-
nance, renovations or ground maintenance,
he's understood tlie whole and how each part
of it interrelates.
"Ernest Boyer, in his book College^ says the
most critical positions on a college campus are the
president and physical plant director. We'll take the
same care in finding Chuck's replacement as we
did in finding (President) Bob Gliddcn."
And for good reason. OU's Office of Admis-
sions reports that the camous' colorful look and
improved appearance have pla)'ed an influential
role in steadily increasing enrollments and rising
popularity among high school seniors and their
parents. Admissions Director Kip Howard
says a campus visit is his office's most effective
recruiting tool.
"It doesn't work if you don't have a good
environment or a good-looking campus," he says.
"First impressions are important. Our whole
office IS very pleased with the look of the campus
and how it's maintained."
"I constantly talk to visitors and guests to
campus — alums, parents of students — who
talk about how remarkable they find the place,
how well-maintained the buildings and grounds
are, and how the flowers add to the campus,"
North says.
Culp planted the seed for The Flower Program
in the late 1970s with Wally Taylor, retired director
of grounds maintenance, with assistance from
Culp's wife. Mar)', co-founder of Project Plant,
an Athens beautification program. Year by year,
more bright splashes of color were added with
more flowers and beds.
Susan Calhoun, BS '85, began working
full-time with the program in 1987 and is now
considered its architea as campus landscape
coordinator. Calhoun and her two seasonal crew
members plant 21,000 annuals and perennials in
50 flower beds each spring, at a cost of about
$4,000, excluding labor.
Increased interest in The Flower Program
and other beautification projects has resulted in
increased financial support. In the early 1980s,
the university' began contributing Ss,ooo in base
funding for campus beaudfication to buy flowers
and make other improvements. Wagner made a
Sioo.ooo deferred gift to grounds beautification
and grounds maintenance as part of a Szoo,ooo
donation to the Third Cenmry Campaign four
years ago.
But to talk about campus beautification efforts
tells only half the stor)' of Culp's tenure as Physical
Plant director. Culp's list of accomplishments
and those of his staff is a long one: Implementation
of the campus signage system, a uniform set of
green signs and maps located throughout campus;
substantial utility improvements; formation
of the Encrg)' Management Program, which has
avoided $7.8 million in utilit)' costs in 13 years;
starting an extensive student employment program
that hires up to 150 students each summer to paint
curbs, prune shrubbery and spruce the place up;
and creating a separate maintenance operation at
The Ridges, Ohio University's new 690-acre tract
inherited from the state of Ohio.
"In the early '70s, most of our parking lots,
streets and a lot of our sidewalks were gravel, and
many were cinder, including die main walkway
acro.ss the College Green from Memorial Audito-
rium to Copeland Hall. It was nothing but cinders,
says Culp, who oversaw the paving of all parking
lots and sidewalks on campus.
"Through new building construction, and
through the efforts of the Physical Plant and the
support of the administration in Cutler Hall,
fiinding was made available to make improvements. I
think everyone recognized that the appearance of the
campus was important."
Culp, 58, an cx-Marinc and self-confessed
"nit-picker," points with pride to the fact that his
Physical Plant staff today covers more ground and
more assignments with fewer people than when he
was hired for the job in 1976.
"The thing I'm most proud of is the Physical
Plant operation itself and the stafi7' Culp says.
"We went from an operation that wasn't perceived
ro be verv'good (in the mid-i970sj to on operation
that now is seen as pretty efficient, pretty effective.
"We're an operation that has met just about every
challenge thrown at it, be it 24-mch snowfalls with
40-degrce below temperatures and other kinds of
emergencies.
"We've proven effective in any kind of situation.
I'm proud of that."
Bill Estep is editor of Ohio University Today
Married couples hold special place
in their hearts for Galbreath Chapel
By Emily Caldwell
It was a fairy talc effect that led Virginia
Richardson, AB '77, to the Galbreath Chapel altar,
of those sunny Athens summer days in
1992, Richardson (then Virginia Mansfield) and her
'boyfriend, Brian Richardson, commiserated on the
College Green about trying to find housing that
would accommodate their ijs-pound dog.
Brian was comforting mc, and 1 just happened
[to look up and I saw people coming out of a
■cdding at the chapel. They had a horse-drawn
carriage, and it was just beaudful. It was almost
magical," Richardson recalls. "It was like something
out of Cinderella.
"Right then, I said, *Maybc that will be us
someday.'"
And sure enough, about a year later, the two got
married at Galbreath Chapel. The simple charm
and beauty of the chapel alone was special, but
former university President Charics J. Ping's role as
officiant really made their day Virginia had known
Ping in the 1970s, and had maintained conuct with
him before her 1992 return to OU for a Ph.D. in
iss communication.
The Richardsons were to leave Athens in July
ith advanced degrees, plans for an academic life at
Penn State University, and memories of the school
town they now call home.
Ohio University will always be dear to our
hearts," Virginia says. "The fact that we got married
in Galbreath Chapel will always be special."
That's a familiar refrain from those alumni who
dirough the years have solidified their tics to Ohio
University by choosing Galbreath Chapel as the site
of dKir wedding,
Helen Mauck Galbreath Memorial Chapel was
the gift of Jolm W. Galbreath in memor)' of the
wife he lost in 1946. Both were Ohio Univcrsir)'
graduates: Helen finished in 1919, Jnd her husband
received liis degree a year later. The chapel was
completed in 1958.
Current chapel Coordinator Harriet Tong, PHD
*7i. notes the chapel is available for a wide variety of
uses, including memoriiil ser\'iccs, initiatibn
ceremonies, musical presentations, private prayer
and meditation, drama prodiKtiorus, njid other
ceremonies and receptions.
Though it is not by ajiy mem;, m >1cI\ a u cdding
hapel, the first event to follow its dcdicition ui
1958 \
'cddir
"It's sort of exciting to know vou wcie the first
one to inaugurate the chapel with sonic kind of
ceremony," says Marie Wliitc, AA 's2, whose
wedding to James White, BSEE '62, on June 15,
1958, followed the building's dedication b\' eight
days.
The Wliite wedding was a campus affair, widi
then-Direaor of Residence Scr\'ices Maggie Davis
helping widi the reception and cutting roses from
her girdcn and then President John C. Raker
^ escorting the bride
The idea to wed tn Galbreath Chapel actually
arose fi^om chats 111 B iktr s oftke, where Marie
White had stirtedwhat became a 40 year cirecr as
sLU'enr) to h\t Ohio Universit)' presidents. She
Dr Baker thought it would be a great idea to
use tlie thapei. And since my father wasn't Uving, I
asked him to give the bride away," Marie \Vhicc
Though White watched from Cutler Hall as the
Athens campus evolved for four decades, she says
the chapel hasn't changed much in all those years.
The Whites' was the first of hundreds of — and
likely more than 1,000 — weddings at die chapel.
Since Tong took over as coordinator in 1978, she
has reserved the chapel for and assisted with more
than 600 weddings there.
Tong*5 involvement with the marrying couples
varies, but she's alwaj-s ready for emergencies. In
her downstairs office, she keeps a white shawl that
once came in handy for a bridesmaid who ripped
open the back of her dress.
At one wedding, the minister inadvertcndy set
off the fire alarm when he leaned against it. "The
saddest story I have is the day the bridegroom
didn't show up," Tong says.
A lifetime of happier wedchng stories make the
building a special part of the campus. The chapel's
placement near the three original Ohio University
buildings adds special historic meaning to its role in
die wedding of James Prewitt, BS '64, PHD '73,
and Sharon Frcy Prewitt, BSED '64-
"That whole area has a lot of historic feel for us,"
says James Prewitt of Albuquerque, N.M., who still
tries to get back to campus once a year.
Marr>nng in Athens was equally meaningful as
well as convenient for Corinne Colbert, BSJ '87,
MA '93, and her husband, Doug Pettit, AB '93-
Colbert and Pettit met in 1990. while Colbert
was studying for her master's degree and Pettit, an
Air Force veteran, was earning his bachelors.
Though they had moved to Columbus by the time
they were ready for marriage, they agreed on
returning to Athens for the wedding.
"Once we hit on Galbreath Chapel, nothing
else seemed appropriate," Colbert says.
Colbert has a few stories of her own about
trying to plan a spring wedding in Athens without
confiiaing with a campus event. Her May 21, 1994
wedding coincided with the annual International
Street Fair on Court Street, meaning the lace arrival
of most of her guests and family — who were stuck
in a traffic jam — delayed the ceremony for about 15
The dela)' hardly spoiled the memory for
Colbert and Pettit, who were in Athens for their
one-vear anniversary.
"I'm really proud of having gone to Ohio
University and have a warm spot in my heart for
die uni\'etsit)'," Colbert says. "I have reatl)' good
memories. And getting married there adds a
personal association to it."
Emily Caldwell, BSJ '88, married Patrick Keenist,
AB '88, on March 25 in Athens at The Dairy Barn.
She is assistant editor/writer for University News
Services and Periodicals. He is assistant director
of the Educational Talent Search Program at
Washington State Community College in Marietta.
Marie and James White, pictured
at their wedding on June 15, 1958
in Galbreath Chapel and again in
1995, when they celebrated their
37th wedding anniversary.
Virginia Mansfield and Brian Richardson
married on July 31. 1993
English graduate
writes the O.J.
story in six days
When wrrler and editorial consultant Marc A
Cerasim, AB 74, received a phone cali last June from
Kensington Publishing Editor Sarah Gallick, he
couldn't know that his new assignment would finally
bring him the recognition he had been seeking since
leaving the Athens campus in 1974
The bodies of Nicole Simpson and Ronald
Goldman had just been discovered in suburban Los
Angeles, and speculation was rampant that OJ.
Simpson was involved. Gallick needed to know if
Cerastni, at the time a free-lance writer, could deliver a
biographical book on 0 J wtthin two weeks.
Not only did Cerasim accept the challenge but he
completed the book, O J. Simpson An Amencan
Hero, American Tragedy, in only six days.
Other publishing companies also were rushing to
hire writers and be the first one out with a book on
Simpson, One author, Don Davis — who had written
quickie paperbacks on the Menendez brothers and
Jeffrey Oahmer — had been offered six figures by
St. Martin's Press
But in the end. Cerasini's book was first and
that's all that mattered — in publishing being first
means more sates, more dollars and more publicity.
Nearly one million copies had been sold as of
spring 1995. and the book was on the New York
Times' Paperback Best Sellers List for five weeks
following its publication last summer.
"It's opened up quite a few doors for me,"
Cerasim said. "I made $10,000 That's a good salary
for one week's work. If I could have held out for
royalties, 1 would have made five times that amount
But I would have lost the chance to write the book."
It was a week that included 2 1 -hour workdays,
endless research, writing at the computer, revising,
more writing and very little sleep Cerasim says he
spent eight hours researching Simpson's life and hts
fiancee did about 12 hours. A courier picked up a
computer disk from Cerasini each day, Gallick would
edit the copy at Kensington's offices in New York, and
then the manuscript was Federal Expressed to
a typesetter tn New Hampshire As one portion was
typeset. Cerasim continued to write a book that
detailed more of Simpson's life story than the
tragedy itself
Two days after final proofs were sped to a printer
in Tennessee, 450,000 copies of the book were flown
to bookstores across the country
"The key was knowing how to do the research."
said Cerasim. who believes Simpson is guilty of double
murder. "I'm not a sports fan, so my fiancee, Alice
Alfonsi — an editor at Random House — helped me
with the research on 0 J 's sports background I
couldn't have done it without her "
And just how did Cerasim happen to be in New
York and available to write the first O J. book''
Born in Pittsburgh, Cerasim. 42. planned on
attending military school in Virginia in 1970 and
becoming a helicopter pilot But poor eyesight led him
to Ohio University, where he was undecided whether
to major in journalism or English literature.
"High school wasn't a good time in my life, but I
blossomed in college." Cerasini said "I always knew I
wanted to be a writer and the professors I had at OU
cared and encouraged my intellectual freedom "
Two of the professors Cerasini remembers clearly
were Reid Huntley, assistant professor of English at
the time, and English Instructor fvlark Rollins. As a
senior, Cerasini was given the opportunity to teach
a class on the comic book and pulp fiction as literary
forms
Out of college, Cerasini took a job as a grip for
George A, Romero, who was producing a horror
movie, "Dawn of the Dead." in Pittsburgh Cerasini
also made a brief appearance in the film as a zombie
"I not only made $75 a day, which was good
money at the time, but I made contacts," Cerasini
said "And Romero helped my career by reading and
critiquing my scripts "
Cerasini made a major move to New York in 1 979-
Unable to get a full-time position as a writer, he
worked several jobs — ranging from psychiatric
counselor to public relations director at the American
Bible Society to writer and eventually editor-in-chief
at a magazine company which published Rave
Reviews magazine. Under his direction, Rave Reviews'
circulation increased from 16,000 to 120,000.
Cerasini left the company in 1 991
Cerasini has continued to write throughout his
career. He developed several scripts which he sold to
Empire Pictures in Hollywood. "I made $25,000 per
script and that was whether they used them or not, "
he said " Unfortunately, none of the scripts made it
into movie form — the company went bankrupt
before production could ever begin."
After a brief stay in Los Angeles in 1991, Cerasini
moved to New Jersey and holed up in a farmhouse on
the Pennsylvania border town of Milford. where he
got down to some serious writing He co-authored
two books a scholarly book on the works of Robert
E Howard and 7'^e Tom Clancy Companion, as well as
writing a series of literary articles on H P Lovecraft.
These days. Cerasim lives in New York City and
free-lances as a manuscript writer and editor for
Kensington Publishing And yes, another book is in
the making during 1995 Although he hasn't put it on
paper, it's one that he has been composing in his
mind since the late t970s A consen/ative, Cerasini
has strong feelings about politics and what he sees as
"a serious lack of common sense in the United States
government today " His new book may take that
direction
And it will probably take more than six days to
write.
/ Nancy Alspach. BSJ '95
Grasselli Brown enjoys
an active retirement
Jeanette Grasselli Brown continues to make
more news in retirement than she did when she
worked full time.
In an eventful two-month period beginning
in mid-March, Grasselli Brown. BS '50, HON '78,
was named to the Ohio Board of Regents.
honored as the Hungarian-American of the Year,
and received three honorary doctoral degrees
within an eight-day span in mid-May
A former Ohio University Board of Trustees
member, she was appointed in March to a five-
year Regents term by Gov George V Voinovich.
AB '58, LLO '81 Grasselli Brown, a Republican '
from Chagnn Falls, succeeded the late Jesse
Phillips of Dayton
In April, Grasselli Brown was recognized by
the Amencan Hungarian Foundation in New
Jersey then looked forward to her honorary
doctoral tour of Northeastern Ohio She
received an honorary doaorate in science from
Notre Dame College of Cleveland on May 1 3.
another from Case Western Reserve University
in Cleveland on May 14, and yet another from
Kenyon College in Gambier on May 21 Grasselli
Brown received her master's of science from
Case Western in 1 958 She sen/ed as the
commencement speaker at Notre Dame
College
"It's hard to believe all this has happened,"
said Grasselli Brown, who retired as director of
research and analytical science at BP America in
Cleveland in 1989 "I'm very humbled and
happy by it all I never dreamed I'd receive three
honorary degrees
Besides OU. she previously picked up
honorary doctorates from Clarkson University in
New Jersey Michigan Technological University,
and Wilson College in Pennsylvania Her latest
doctorates recognized her role as a spectrosco-
pist. a science ambassador and recruiter of
women and minorities into scientific fields
Grasselli Brown has redefined the notion of
retirement A 38-year veteran of BP America,
she was a distinguished visiting professor and
volunteer director of research enhancement at
Ohio University from 1989 until she accepted
the Regents post this spring She also has served
as a board member of the Ohio University
Foundation, the College of Arts and Sciences.
the state Edison Biotechnology Institute, five
major corporations, and several non-profit
agencies
Last fall, she was named to a seven member
White House science advisory panel participat-
ing in trade talks with Japan In July, she
becomes chair of the Cleveland Scholarship
Program, (nc , which provides guidance,
scholarship funding and mentoring for "at risk"
and non-traditional students
Grasselli was voted 1989 Alumna of the Year
by the National Alumm Board of Directors Her
other contributions to Ohio University include
funding the Jeanette G Grasselli and Glenn R.
Brown Frontiers in Science Lectureship, and
$5,000 in teaching and research awards each
year in the College of Arts and Sciences
Documenting planned gifts has its benefits
As regular readers of Ohio University Today know,
we usually discuss in this space the many benefits which
may be available to those who make a planned gift to
Ohio University. In this issue, we'll explain the process
of documenting such gifts.
A planned gift is a provision in a donor's estate plans
If you decide to make a planned gift, you can document
it in one of three ways.
1. Provide the Ohio University Foundation
with a copy of the cover page of your estate
document, the language m the document
that pertains to your gift, and the signature
page of your document
2. Sign an Estate Provision Form provided by
the Ohio University Foundation and explain on
the form how you wish tfie gift to be used
3. Send a letter to the foundation, indicating
that your estate plans include a gift to Ohio
University, how the gift will be made, how
much it is worth, and what program(s) you
wish it to support.
Sometimes, people are reluctant to disclose their gift
plans because of modesty, a desire for confidentiality,
or a concern that indication of their plans is an absolute
fulfill the donor's wishes, it is imperative that they have
a dear understanding of the donor's intent Addition-
ally, documentation ensures that it is possible to follow
a donor's desires in a way that minimizes the potential
for problems Even after documentation, a donor may
One of the most frequent difficulties with undocu-
mented gifts IS that donors wish to support programs
that no longer exist Over the years, some programs
have been discontinued, merged into other programs.
or renamed When a planned gift is documented, an
Ohio University development officer can talk directly
Tthe
Other difficulties that might arise witt
gifts could include requests that are illegal, or
logistically impossible to fulfill.
Documenting your planned gift is nof an absolute
commitment. Planned gifts are considered "expectan-
cies." and as such, are counted with the understanding
that none of us can predict the future Some docu-
mented expectancies will be for lesser amounts than
initially anticipated; many will be for more
Regardless of the amount of a planned gift, it is
vitally important that staff at Ohio University be aware
of Its existence. Only then can we make sure that a gift
is transferred as efficiently as possible to effectively
honor the donor's wishes,
giving
If you have made provisions for Ohio University in your
estate plans but have not yet documented them, or if yo
would like to discuss the possibility of an estate gift, pie,
complete the form and return to:
Sob Conrad
Director of Developm
204 McGuffey Hall
t for Planned Giving
Athens, Ohio 45701
OU can phone Conrad at (614) 593-4797
r fax him at (614) 593-1432
Dni Evarts, BSJ 'S1.
MS -TS, PHO -77
BSEO •'
M
o
1930s
Lucili* VanLehn Penn,
|AB'30,orDovcr. hadihc
awcrston Public Library
imcd in her honor One of
the librar/s founders, she
the first president of the
\T)\ serving 16 years in
the position.
Louis Cohen, B5C '39,
ctired f<K)d broker who
founded Cxihen and
^VIlaIen Inc., has counseled
small-business owners as a
.■oluntccr for the Scniec
.Corps of Retired Executives
Cleveland since 198).
1940s
Oavid Wvller, BSEE '44.
rciiftfd computer scientist,
received the New Jersey
Governor's Award for
Voluntcerism from Go\'.
Christine Whitman for his
Matheny School and
Hospital in Pcapjck. N I
William Bflnton, BSCOM
'47, celebrated his ?sth
birthday on June 19, i99-h
[hen proceeded to compete
in I J road races the rest of
the year, finishing firsr in his
CO
to
York Masters Club records
and bettered All-American
standards at 800 meters, one
mile and 1,000 meters. He
lives in Valley Stream, N.Y.
JamesHillard, AB'47.
librarian cmcntus of The
Citadel in Charleston, S.C.
has written Aquariums in
North America: A Guidebook iv
Appneiaung North America^
Aquatit Trtasurts, published
in March by Scarecrow Press
in Mctuchcn, N. ].
1950s
N«ll U GIbblns. BSED 'SO,
MED '53. received Marshall
University's Distinguished
Service Award. Gibbins, who
joined the Manhall faculty in
Huntington, W.Va,, in 196J.
IS a professor of educational
Dm Ril«y Evarts, BSJ '51.
MS '73, PHO '77, member
ofihcE.W. ScrippsSch(X)l
of Journalism faculty since
1973. IS among the first
group ofi) educators 10
pamcipatc in the 199)
Institute for Journalism
Excellence sponsored by
the American Society of
Newspaper Editors. The
project places journalism
facult)' in summer jobs at
daily newspapers. Evans 15
working this summer at The
Miami HeraiH
;ulting SI
piping
nthei.
Lake,\
Rcinhan/Kuhlman Award
from the American Socict)'
for Testing and Materials.
The award is gi\'cn to
individuals who have
contributed to tlic ASTM
and made outstanding
contributions to plastic
piping standards.
Lucille Reitar Mass, BSED
as director of Towson State
(Md.) University's Council
Day Care Demonstration
and Training Center.
Howard E. Wade, AB
'54, toniplctcd his fourth
and final term as mayor
of Orrvillc. Wade has been
active in city government in
Om'illc since i9to, when
he was first elected to cm'
Patricia Bennett Willis,
AB'55,haswnncnO«fo/
the Storm, a novel set in post-
World War II on a farm
in Northern Ohio, published
by Clanon Books.
H. Donald Wlrtkler, MS
'56, assooatc Nice president
and cxeaiti\'e director of
public affaira and
publications at Longwood
College in Farmvillc. Va.,
has been inducted into the
Virginia Communicanons
Hall of Fame. He is the first
person elected from the field
of college or university
public relations, Winkler has
earned 79 nanonal awards
for his publicabon and video
D. William Schlott, BS
'58. recently was named
the first Philhp A. Tumult^'
Associate Professor of
Internal Medicine at tlic
Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine in
Baltimore. He has worked
at Johns Hopkins since
c professor of
Vincent A. DIGirolama,
BSCOM'59, isexeoitivc
vice president of National
City Corp. bank, based in
Indianapolis.
Jerry L. Sloan, BSJ '59,
professor in Ohio
Univcrsit>''s E.W. Saipps
School of Journalism, has
been elected into the Public
Relations Society of America
College of Fellows.
1960s
Harold R. Blllups. B5ME
'60, has retired as distria
marketing manager of
Columbia Gas of Ohio
in Athens after 3+ years
of service,
Joel Eigan, AB '63, has
written Wittvessing Imaniry:
Madntii and Mad-Doctors m
the English Oiurt, published
in April by Yale Univcrsitj-
Press. Tlic book examines
the ongins of the insanity-
defense. He IS a professor
of sociolog)' at Franklin
and Marshall College in
Suianne Simmons, AB
'63, has created a produa
tine of California- shaped
dog biscuits and camip toys
for tounsts, Her business,
Purr-Fca Growlings Pet
Gifts, is located in Lns
Marilyn Lute Williams,
BSED '64. a fourth grade
teacher at Northmoor
Elcmcntar)' in Englewood,
was included in the third
cdmon of mK-iWIwi^
American Teachers 1994- She
has taught in the Northmoor
School Distria for 10 years.
Elaine McNally Jarchow,
BSED '66. dean of the Texas
Tech University College of
F-ducation in Lubbock, was
elected to ser\'c on the board
ofdireaors of the Amencan
Association of Colleges for
Teacher Educaaon,
Raymond E. Laakaniemi.
MS '66, PHD '79, chair
of die journalism dcparoncnc
at Bowling Green State
University, has written
an entry-level journalism
textbook titled Neirmritifig
in Tnutsition.
William Grealis, AB '67,
IS president of CINcrg)'
Corp.'s natural gas business
unit and president of
CINcrgy Investments in
Cincinnati. CINerg/s natural
customer? in Southwestern
Ohio, Northern Kcnruclg'
and Soutlicastem Indiana.
A former member of the
Federal Power Commission,
Grealis had been partner in a
Washington, DC, law firm
Edward E. Pleratt, BFA
'67, MA '77, has joined the
E.W. Scripps Company's
newspaper division as
director of technology. He
ad\iscs Scripps newspapers
on the selection of new
tcchnolog)' for paginadon,
electronic archives and
databases. He had been a
facult)' member in Ohio
University's School of Visual
Communicanon since 1980.
He and his wife, Uura, MA
'94. and their twin sons live
in Ft. Thomas. Ky.
Donna Smitli Stafford,
BS'67,hasbccncleacd
to the Columbus Branch
NAACP Executive
Committee. A medical
technologist, she is scmng
on the fund-raising and
finance o
Sharon Wallace, BSHEC
'67, MSHEC'70.isvicc
president of academic alTairs
and professor in the child
development and family
science department at North
Dakota State University in
Elizabeth S. Cole, BFA
'68, \vas appointed .issociatc
dean of the College of Arts
University' of Toledo, A
member of the UT art
faculty since 1979. she
sen'cd as chair\\'onian
of the Department of Art
for the past five years,
Marjorie Nilson Sloan,
MED '68, has been cteacd a
parmer in the Denver office
of Baker 8c Hastcder,
Counselors at Law. She
concentrates in litigation
with an emphasis in
employment law. First
Amendment law, and
commercial litigation.
the Mass Con
Department at Southwest
Texas State University in San
Marcos. He rcccndy led a
group of Texas students on
a five-month study trip to
William G. Karis. AB '69,
MA '70, is the new president
of CONSOL Inc.. a member
of die CONSOL Coal Group
headquartered in Pittsburgh.
He formerly waj executive ^
vice president of administra-
tion. CONSOLCoa! Group
has coal mining and shipping
and gas production facilities
in se\en slates and Canada.
Peter Pringle, PHD '69,
was appointed Luther
Masingill Professor of
Communication at the
University of Tennessee .at
Chattanooga. Pringle joined
the UT-Chattanooga facult)'
in 1981 and served as head
of the Department of
Communication from
Jay C. Williamson, M.D.,
B5 '69, has been appointed
associate dean for clinical
affairs at Northeastern Ohio
Universities College of
Medicine in Rootstown.
He served as interim
chairman of the Department
of Family Medicine from
1992-94., and has been
direaor of Family Practice
Residency Educadon at
Akron City Hospital
1970s
Alfred G. Arndt, BBA
'70, was elcaed president of
the Powell-Delaware chapter
of Network Professionals,
Inc. He is a chattered
financial consultant and
chartered life underwriter
afTiliated with McCloy
Financial Sen'iccs in
Columbus.
JohnW. Bardo, MA'71,
has been elected chancellor
of Western Carolina
Universit)' in Cullowhce,
N.C. He begins his new
duties July i. Since 1990,
Bardo has been vice
president for academic
affairs at Bridgewatcr State
College in Massachusetts.
He also was named provost
at Bndgewatcf State in I993-
John C. Hilborn, BSJ '71,
of Hilbom Insurance, has
been elected to the board of
trustees of Grady Memorial
Hospital in Delaware.
John M. Jevec, B5CHE
'71, MSCHE '73, has been
promoted to consulting
engineer, water technology
sccrion, in the Research and
Devclopinciu;JpiY.isionQC-< y\
Eabcock & Wilcox's
Research Center in Alliance.
UalK
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James T. Novak, BSED
'71 , is director of marketing
for Continental General
Tire's Passcngcr/Lighi Tnick
Division in Akron.
Gayle N. Anderson,
BSJ '72, executive vice
president of the Greater
Winston-Salem (N.C.)
Chamber of Commerce,
has been selected as a
of Leadership America,
a narional non-profit
leadership development
program for women of
achievement.
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David H. Barber, BSCE
'72, MS '73. director of
public works for the ciiy
of Evanston, III., is among
those individuals named as
the i99jTopTcn Public
Works Leaders in North
America by the 26,000-
mcinbcr American Public
Works Aisociation.
Barry Spiker, BSG '72.
MA '73, PHD '79, has
[oincd die Change
Integration Practice of
Price Watcrhousc as
managing director,
where he is responsible
for thought leadership in
die development of
transition management
and organization
development products.
He has nearly 20 years
of consulting experience,
He lives m Santa Fe,N.M.
David Stockdale, AB
'72, MA '73, former
mayor of Mount Healthy,
m January was sworn in
as a Hamilton County
Municipal Court Judge.
He was appointed to the
bench by Gov George V.
Christie J. Stamets Gay,
Mark Govoni, MA '73,
PHD '78, IS vice president
for student affairs at
Webster University in St
Louis. He has worked at
Webster since 1986,
overseeing adult and
women's programs.
James A. Range, BSJ
'73. J parmer in the firm
of Johnson, Urban &
Range Co., L- PA. was
elcCTcd president of the
Tuscarawas County Bar
Association for 1995.
Mike Bystrek, BBA '74.
was promoted to sales
manager for Sheaklcy
Uniscrvicc, an affibatc of
The Sheaklcy Group in
Cincinnati. The Sheaklcy
Group is a national, full-
service benefits consulting
and administration Brm
based in Cincinnati.
Navy Cmdr. John R.
Eckelberry, AB '74.
has been relieved of
command aboard the
guided missile frigate USS
Ford, homeponed in Long
Beach. Calif His next tour
of duty is as director and
Anti-Submarinc Warfare
Department in Virginia
Beach, Va,
Kenneth Keis, BGS '74,
has been appointed chief of
staff of the Joint Committee
on Taxation of Congress.
The committee, made up
of 10 members of Congress,
investigates the operation
and effect of federal tax
laws, Keis was a partner in
the Washington. D.C.,
office of the law firm Baker
Se Hostedcr since 1987.
Melodie Gross
Wineland, BSJ '74. is
manager of media relations
for Sprint/United
Telephone in Mansfield.
Shc«
specialist for Vik Brothers
Insurance Group in
Mansfield for the past
National Executive Service
Corps, a non-profit
management consulting
organization based in
New York City.
Barbara Plotkin
Bellows, MED -75, is
an assistant professor of
education at Towson State
(Md,) Universit)'. She lives
nVicr
i.Va,
Allen Davis, BFA '75,
formerly a sports anchor
at WKNR Radio in Akron,
has been named director
of community relations of
the Cleveland Indians,
Vincent C. Byrd, BBA
'76, has been named vice
president and general
manager of the consumer
market for The J.M.
Smucker Company of
Orrville, He joined
Mark L. Hereth, BS '76,
MS '78, has been promoted
to second vice president,
special risks division, of the
Hartford Steam Boiler
Inspection and Insurance
Co. Hereth works with
the chemical, oil and g.is
industries.
Dan Davis, BSC '77,
"Good Morning Arizona"
on KTVK-TV in Phoenix.
Doug Drew, BSC '78, is
executive producer of the
time slot ir. Phoenix.
Dennis BIgler, BSED '78,
MA '94, St, ClairsviUe city
service director for the past
15 years, received certification
from the Amcncan Institute
of Certified Planners, He is
the only AICP member with
such designation in Belmont
County.
Robert Young. BBA '78,
manager of the Ohio Power
office in Kenton, is chairman
of the Economic Develop-
ment Council of Hardin
County
Thomas E. Buck, BBA '79,
MBA '86, «js promoted to
vice picsidcnt of Fairfield
National Bank in Lancastet,
management responsibility
for the retail banking division.
He joined Fairfield National
Debra Dehn, BSJ '79.
is assistant dircaor for
foundation and corporate
rclanons in Bluffton College's
Development Office.
Clayton A. Harris, Ba '79,
is police chief of Cuyahoga
Community College in
Cleveland, overseeing police
opcrtitions on three campuses.
Cory Kwait, BS '79, a
realtor with Realty One
in Solon, was awarded the
certified residential specialist
designation by the Realtors
National Marketing Insnmtc.
an affiliate of the National
Association of Realtors.
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Kathy Hronec Lehr, BSJ
'79, is ne\vs director of
WLW Radio in Cincinnati.
Under her leadership since
1985. WLWs news
dcparmient has grown from
tour to 1} staffers — the
largest newsroom of any
radio station in Ohio. Lehr
was profiled in the February
issue of Cittcinnati Magazine.
Mark A. Oesterle, BS
'79, is informaoon systems
officer at NationsBank in
Charlone. N.C.
Tom Sauvlet BSC '79.
IS an anchor and reporter
for Pnmc Spons Radio in
Irving, Texas,
Robert M. Wolodkiewicz.
BBA '79. IS assistant vice
president and loan officer
of Bamett Banks, Inc. in
1980s
Eric Emmert, BBA '80,
was promoted to executive
vice president of First
National Bank of Wellston.
Bill SklodowskI, BSJ '80,
IS managing editor for Island
Coast Publishing in Fon
Myers, Fla,
David VanDyne, BSEE
'80, IS engineering manager
of D.L. Steiner, Inc., a
Lima-based consulting firm
specializing in testing and
maintaining industrial
electrical equipment.
Charles A. Bond, MED
'81, had a scholarship fiand
established by his femily and
the Scioto County Area
Foundation in honor of his
lifetime achievements in the
field of education. The fund
will pf ovide scholarships for
graduates of New Boston
High School to pursue a
bachelor's degree at a college
or university. Bond taught
math and science on the
high school and college
level from 1956 to 1992
JohnCarey Jr.. AB-81.
IS a freshman Ohio state
representative from the 9+th
disrria, based in Wellston.
He is a membct of the
House traruportation, public
safet\', economic develop-
ment, and small business
Bryan L Havlland, BSJ
'81, was promoted to
assistant vice president at
Paul Wcrth Associates, Inc.
3 Columbus- based public
rcbnons/public affairs firm.
Paul E. Hubacher, Jr.,
BSEE '81. IS manager of
roller operations at The
Timken Company's Bearing
Plant in Gaffncy.S.C
David W. McLean, BSC
'81. has founded King's
English Advertising & Pubhc
Rclat
atUII-s
marketing firm for small- to
He and his wife, Paula
Dale McLean, BSC 'B1,
live in Liberty, N,C,
Tom Calder, MSA '82,
takes ovet July 1 as athlenc
dircaor at Johns Hopkins
University in Balnmore.
Colder has been associate
athletic director at Johns
Hopkins since 1988,
David B. Chambers, BBA
'82, is now vice president
of information services for
Future HealthCarc, Inc..
in Cincinnaa, Future
Healthcare is one of
Amenca's leading chnical
Frank Mack, BSC '82. a
wntcr for East Ohio Gas'
Communicanons Services
Department in Cleveland,
received the Ptcsident's
Award fot Quality, die
company's top employee
Scott Regan, BSJ '82.
IS director of marketing
and public rclanons for
Brookwood Medical Center
in Birmingham, Ala. He had
been director of public
relations at (he Medical
University of South Carolina.
He rcccndy won a first-place
award from the South
Carolina Public Relations
Society of America for a
campaign he created for
The Ciradel.
officer by Nationwide Life
Insurance A graduate of the
Capital University School
of Law, Ahrendt joined
Nationwide in 1984. He
lives in Upper Arlington.
Kathryn Cornell
Fitzcharles. BBA '83.
IS manager of National
City Bank's main office
in Delaware.
Gary Giovagnoll, D.O.,
DO '83, IS first vice president
of the professional staff at
Cuyahoga Falls General
Hospital. He is board
certified in the medical care
of the cars, nose and throat,
and oro-faaal plastic surgery.
Bassem Abdo Alhalabi,
BSEE '84, received a doctor
of philosophy degree from
the University of Southwest-
ern Louisiana. He earned his
doaoratc in computer
engineenng «'ith completion
of the dissertanon, "A Hybnd
Chip Set Architecture for
Artificial Neural Networks
with On-Chip Learning and
Refreshing"
Richard J. Batyko, BSJ
'84, has been awarded
accreditanon by the Akron
area chapter of the Public
Relations Society of Amcnca.
He is manager of public
relations at Babcock 8c
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Catherine H. Courtright,
AB '31. Oct, 21. in New
Shirley Smith Carroll, AB
'38, Dec. [O, in Wyoming,
Hogsett Sayre, MS '50,
James W. Holden. BBA
■67, MS '71, Ian, 1. in
Faculty and
Edith K.Lynn, ELED '21.
Lexington; Cora Mohr
Charles L. Bast BSCOM
Tommy J. Checkush,
Ukiah.Cilil.JohnT.
staff
Nov 16. 1,1 I'oland,
Imler. AB '31, April lo, in
'39, Oct. 8, in Swccc\v.uer,
BSCOM '51, March 12. in
Hendrle. AB '68, Nov i+,
Elizabeth J. Herbert AB
I ronton. Floyd M. Pence,
Texas; Glenn H. Brown,
Zanc5\illc; Donald G.
in Milwaukee; Katherine
'22, March \9. in Hudson;
BSED'31. MS'3B, Jan n.
BSCHE '39, HON 87, Apnl
Krejsa, BFA-S1,Jan, i8.m
Baggs Saiem, BSED '68.
Richard Rypma, BSAGR
■47, MS '48, -1, retired
'22. Nov, 6. m London;
m Newark, Ralph C. Pritts,
BSED '31, MED '50, Nov
18. inKcm, John D. Kirk,
BS '39, Nov. 9, in Rtxky
Cleveland. Olln L. Adams
Jr., MED '52, Jan. ift. in
Ian i6. in IVirrsniourli;
Elliott J. McCurdy, B5 '69.
Mildred Roberts, BSED
28. in Toledo; Mildred J.
Rni:r;Beutah Wamsley
Westminster, Md., Charles
Dec, 2- in Rilni Bcacli, Fla
Department. March 16, in
Cincinnati, R^pnia was the
horticulruri.M and grccnhoiwc
curator for the Botany
Department from 1978 to
1990, He held two US.
'23, Sept- 10, in Athens,
Boswell, COED '32. March
Major, KP '39, BSED '54.
S. Edier. BSCE '52. J.ui 15,
Helen Cole Woodruff,
ELED '23, BSED '36. Dec
21, inMarierra. Patrick E.
Casey. ABC -32. Jan 19. in
I.in. 11, in Columbus.
in Kingston, Lt. Col.
William L. Ellis, BSAGR
1970s
28, inW'illard; Jean
McCleary Brown, ELED
'24, Dl-c s, inC..mion,
Voungstown; Robert M.
MacFarland, BSCE '32,
1940s
'53, Oa 29. in Fitzgerald.
G.1,. Nettie M.
Ronald E. Traficant 65
'70. Feb, 19, in Dublin;
lunei, inCuyahr.gaKills,
Martha Leonhart
McAllister, BSED '53,
Thomas T. Bickel. BSED
patents on holly species he
developed. He w-as a chancr
Beryl Cone, BSED '24,
Rita Rae Collins, AB '33,
Bennett BSED '41, Feb, s.
Feb, 19. in Columbus,
Jan. 21, in Ni-lsonvillc,
Dec. 27.>nLce5burg, Fla,,
m Granville, Thomas P.
Charles J. Wiseman,
John A. Meyer. AB -71.
Wilson K. Smith, INDED
•24, BSED '25. Fch, io, m
Alice Donley DeMell, AB
•33, MA '48, April ft, in
Clark, BS '41, MS '43. }.>»
21. in WestervillcSaul
Harrison; Carolyn
Ian 1, in PitKburgh; Gary L.
Miller. B51T '71. Ian- JO. in
president in iq8A-8? of the
(Association of Uniwrsiiy
Portsmouili. Bertha
Hudson Halls, X.V,; Bernice
Cohen, BS '41. Dec 4. in
Dougan Long, BSED '55.
Denver, Lyra R. Jenieins,
Greenhouse and Garden
Bect(ett Bertsch, ELED
Faye Kirkpatrick, AB '33.
Chicago; Everett J. Welch.
MED'57, Noi 24. in
BSED '72. MED '76 Hec 6.
Curators. A World War II
'25. I.in fv, in Wtsnvoixi.
Dec. 16. in l\irm.i, Bernard
BSED '41. Jan 2". 111
Worihington, Jerry L.
m ,Mali,i, Rebecca Hughes
veteran, he formerly owned
Cora Evans Snyder, KP
J. McCashen, BSED '33,
Cincinnati, Wendell N.
Brown, BSED '56. Nov ;,
Kight, BS'72 ,\i,ii.li -.in
his own greenhouse, and
was J landscaping tontrattor
and architect.
•25, BSED '31. Dec lo.in
jan .9. m Unc.ister, Nellie
Brewer, BSCE '42, Dec 12,
in ironron.P. Wayne
t oliimbuv. Josephine Ann
LincisKT; Julia Fell Hunt,
KappQuillin, AB'33,
in At\vaicr, Lloyd M.
Deebfe. BS •Se, N<>^ 1-
Swiggett BGS '72. ^pril
BSED *26. N(»' !i,in
N.n 12, m Wiiircr Park, Ha..
Dunlap. BSED '42. Feb ly.
111 Woosiei, James N.
14, in t billKoilie, Malinda
Youngstowii. Mitchell H.
Hugh B. Hawthorne.
in SU'rvi'w, Royce H,
Webster Jr., BSED '56,
Miller Lifer. BSED '73,
Smith, BSEE -26, Dec ii,
BSED '34, MA -40 Fd- i..,
Sprouil, 8SEE-42.DCC :8,
MED '57, Feb 19. in Uiica.
Dec -, ml jiiciMcr. Alice
wishing to make gifls
in Boonir.NC . Arthur E.
iiilVcnaaiu.o.k,NI..AIice
111 Yorktown.\'a..Helen A.
Robert G. Buell, BSCOM
Brown Mueller, BSED '73,
Thomas, AB '25, \-^h lo,
Beasley Hively. BMUS
Minnameyer Schof ietd.
'57. Feb. 16. m
I,m *, in Hamilton. Linda
inM.ncri.^AnnaBeulah
Thompson, BSED '26,
'34. March &. m Ft
Uuderdale. FU. , Bernice
BSED '44. Oct. [2, m Aha,
Fla, Mary Sticklen
Schumacher, BSED '44,
Worthington, Lena Belle
West Henry, BSED '57
Feb. 22, ni Portvmouth,
Polot B5C '75, Apnl «, in
Cleveland, DeNorrIsC
Myles. BSC '77. Dec 10.
in memory of alumr^i,
faculty and staff may
do so by check payable
lo the Ohio University
Foundation. PO Bon
Hilda Archer Glass. AB
'27, Nin. 21. in Qilumlius.
Dec. 1). Hi Colamtnis. Clyde
Voris, BSED '34. .March 1.
March 28, in Xenia; Ruth G.
Helman, BS '45. Dec- 28. in
Henry S. Potter, BSJ '57,
Nov 11. in Baltimore. Md,;
in Cincinnati,
Katharine Dressier
m Cincinnati; Margaret
East Palcsnnc; Clark B.
Leonard W. Oupler. BSCE
1980s
869. Athens. Ohio
McCall, ELED'27. M.irch
Alcorn Dignan, AB '35,
•58. NVn ,0, inNos.i,k,
'15701 To establish a
memonal schoia'ship
fund, comact Christy
Carsey Leein the
Development Office
- n: l',„-r,i,:,.,irh, WtHiS H.
Uc\ :, in Llu\d Harbor.
4. uiAUanta, William D.
Lois Stottsberry
Edmund, BSED '28. Sept.
NY.; Mabel Young
Handel, BSCOM '47, March
Foreman, BSCOM -58.
•80. Feb 28, mSteubcnviUc;
Bobenmyer. ABC '29.
Falace, COED '35. BSED
■59, ;,in s. in Uvingion.
6. inAurora. IrmaL.
Jaakkola. BSED '48. luK
Feb 14, inZ.incsville,
Norman W. Gallatin. BS
Mark R. Hunting. BBA
•80, Feb II, in Brevard,
MA '33. Dct 26. inG.i[o
K\ , Bernard E.
n, ms'-k in Uke Worth, Fla.,
'58. Ian. 18, in Westlake,
N L . David Alan
Mills; Virginia A.
Goldstein, AB '35, Oct
Frederick W. Rosser, BS
Doris Kaspar. BSED '59,
Franklin, BFA •81, MFA
or calling
614-593-2632.or
Clemma E. Vale, COED
2v, in Zancsvillc, Charles J.
■48, I.in. n, in MilkTsp<»n,
Dec 18, in Newark
•64. N'o\. 1- in Middlcto\vn.
Kessler, BSED '35. Feb 1,
in Davton. Harold Lee, AB
Robert L. Graf, BSCOM
1960s
Connie Alaine Stotts
Miller. BBA '85. Nov 12, in
1-800-592-FUND
'29, Nov. +, ,n Mount
■35. MED '40. I,in 2+, in
AdeleJ. Albrink
.Newark, Renee Anne
Gilc^d.
Athens, Margaret Perry
Osterhout. BSED '49, Aug
Whitney B. Johnson.
Taylor. MHSA '87. Jan 8, in
Berger. BSED '36, Feb u-
1, in Boca Raton, Fla.,
BSCOM '60, Im 2i,,n
SauIiStc Marie, Mich., Jill
1930s
Mary Elizabeth
Milton E. Roush. BSAGR
'49, Dec 2, in Syracuse,
Da\ton, Richard J.
A. Duskey, BSHEC '89,
Ian, 21. in Lakcwood.
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Marian S. Batchelder,
Chapman, AB '36, Dec. 15,
Joseph Spicuzza. BSCOM
March r+, in Parlctrsburg,
AB '30. Dec, 2, in Tucson,
in Pomcroy; Marian
■49, Apnl 7. in Sarasota, Fla.
WVj.. David Wylie
Vincenl lukes. former
Anz-. Edwin N. Cooper,
Pierce McOanahan, AB
1990s
associate professor of
Greensboro. N.C.. Ruth L.
'36. Dec ij, in Stow,
Bertram D. Ouvall, ELED
1950s
MED '62, March 17, in
Chrlkcoihc, Bruce A.
June A. Aber, BSG '90.
dramatic ad and speech at
Ohio Universiiy, began
teaching on the Athens
campus in the 1930s and
Hudson. ELED '30. BSED
'37, BSED -47, Feb 21, in
GeorgeP. Hallal, BSJ'50,
Sommerfeld, BBA '63.
Susan Murphy-Mock, BSC
•36, Nov +, in Lancaster,
Manena, Helen Kahler
March i'^', in Parma,
Aug, li, in Columbus.
•90, March 28, in Portland.
retired ffom OU in 1966
Ruth Kimerline Kieffer,
Lacy, ELED '37, BSED '45,
Leverett R. Murdoch,
Arlene Marie Fox
Ore Larry Trice, BFA 91.
A notice in the spring issue
BSED '30. Feb ro, in
Marth 18. in Sun City West.
BSCOM -50, Apnl 7. in
Anseimo, AA '65. Nov. j.
Jan- J, in Cievcland. Thomas
ot Ohio University Today
Rermllc, Texas, Eugenie
Ariz., Irving Shulman, AB
Barrow, Fla,; David T. Price,
in Annandaic, Va., Robert
John Mills, B5S '92, Nov
stated he taught on
Davis Nyland, AB '30,
•37, March 2j, in Los
AB '50, Feb, ij, in Toronto.
R. Edgar, MED '65. Dec
2. in Athens. Loretta P.
campus only in the 1960s
Feb. I, in Cleveland, Sylvia
Angeles, Helen F. Smith,
Ohio;WillardCR«eder,
4, in Danville, Thomas 1.
Goodling, AAB '93. Ian.
Jukes, 86. died Oa 28 in
Gaskalla Allen, ELED
AB '37, Nov, 27, in Oak
BSCOM '50, March 14, in
Vltchner, BSED '66. MED
19, in Haverhill
Tampa, Fla
'31, Jan. 12, in Plantaoon,
Hill;
Clcar^vater,Fla.,LeoraH.
'72, Feb. 19, in Parkcrsburg,
Fla..
W.Vs,;
Trustees' Academy
The membership level ot
the Trustees' Academy has
been increased for the first
time since its inception in
1965
"Simply put, we made a
change to keep pace with
inflation and to recognize
the value of today's dollar,"
said Vice President for
Development Jack Ellis
'This also gave us an
opportunity to name one ol
the levels ot the academy in
honor ot Ohio University's
first woman graduate,
Margaret Boyd."
The change will be
effective Sept 1
"The Trustees' Academy
will be (he name tor the
umbrella organization that
encompasses all six levels ot
Ohio University's major
giving society," Ellis said
The It
e then
Margaret Boyd Society,
$15,000 iniltal membership.
William H- Scott Circle.
$25,000; William H.
fvlcGuffey Fellows,
$50,000; John C Baker
Council. $100,000; Third
Century Society, $500,000,
and Ptesidenl's Cabinet,
$1 million and above
Membership in the
Boyd Society requires an
outright gift of $15,000
cash, a pledge in that
10 years, a deferred gift of
$45,000 through a living
trust or bequest, or a life
insurance gift ot at least
$45,000 with an annual
premium and annual gitt
of $1,000 Of more tor 10
The cash value ot
deferred gifts is determined
can be combined with an
outnght contnbution to
achieve Trustees' Academy
membership For example,
a donor who documents a
bequest ot $30,000 would
be credited with a $10,000
It gift, <
would need t<
ot $5,000 to quality for
Ellis noted that new
Trustees' Academy members
still will be vwelcomed at the
$10,000 initial membership
level until Sept 1
"There's a window ot
opportunity tor alumm and
friends who have thought
about joining the academy
but have not yet made that
Sixteen new members
recently have joined the
Trustees' Academy Their
names and gift designations
are listed as folllows
Margaret Boyd
Society
Dr. '50 and Mrs.
Roy Bllnn.
Aiumni College and College
ot Arts and Sciences
OU Central Ohio
Alumni Chapter,
Ohio University Alumm
Association Endowed
Scholarship,
William E Righter '77,
representative
Conrad '76 and
Barbara Foss.
II Program
Fred '70 and
Devara '72 Graf.
College of Business
Richard T. Uwis '60.
Michael '77 and
Rcbacca Mannarino.
University College and
College of Business
Dennis Minichello '74,
Ernest and Mary Mmichello
Scholarship
Margaret Elliott
Saunders '58.
Rush Elliott Al
Endowment
Richard and
Karen '68 Vedder,
Karen and Richard Vedder
Scholarship
Williarn H Scott
Circle
R. Michael Wren. Jr. and
Lana '76 Wren. Baseball
Stadium Fund
Wiiliam H,
McGuffey Fellows
Chl Sok Jung,
Kichul Andrew Jung
Scholarship
Dr. Joseph C. Schultz
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A'" Paws" In Time
OHIO UNIVERSITY
Homecoming '95
Alumni and friends are invited
name
address
city
phone
day evening
Please send ticket(s) for the
Homecoming Luncheon.
Enclosed is my check for $ ($10 each)
Check below if you wish to receive
information;
Homecoming Schedule
Luncheon for Marching Band .
Mary Wilson Concert informal
the following
For a complete listing of Homecoming activities, plci
fill out the form above and mail or fax to:
Homecoming '95
OU Alumni Association
P.O. Box 869
Athens, Ohio 4S701-0869
(614) 593-4300
FAX (614) 593-4310
Football tickets can be ordered through
the Athletic Ticket Office at (614) 593-1300,
Alumni and friends are invited to take
"A PAWS in Time" at the 1995 Ohio
University Homecoming celebration
during an event-filled weekend
Oct. 13-15.
The weekend kicks off with the traditional
bonfire and pep rally at 7:30 p.m. Friday near
Peden Stadium. Come cheer on new football
Coach Jim Grebe and his 1995 team to victory
over Western Michigan. Later that evening, the
National Alumni Association will hold its annual
awards banquet
On Saturday, events begin at 10 a.m. with
the Homecoming Parade down College
Street to Richland Avenue. Afterward, follow
the crowd to the upper concourse of the
Convocation Center for Convofest '95
where college representatives, faculty and staff,
student organizations, and societies of alumni
and friends will be on hand to showcase the
campus community. j
Before kickoff, join us for the annual
Homecoming Luncheon on the main floor
of the Convocation Center between 1 1 :30 a.m. ~
and 1:30 p.m. Lunches are $10 per person with
your advanced registration.
After lunch, head to Peden Stadium for the
Bobcat-Western Michigan football game
Kickoff is at 2 p.m.
Events planned for Saturday night include a
Homecoming concert starnng Mary Wilson,
former member of The Supremes, accompanied
by the OU Orchestra, and the annual
Blackburn-Spencer Ball Also scheduled
over the weekend are receptions and
special events sponsored by student
organizations, and fraternities and sororities.
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